Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

The US cannot confirm if a bomb was responsible for the destruction of a UPS carrier in the UAE on Sept. 3, as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed. The UAE said it is investigating the crash. A court ordered Yemeni security forces to capture Anwar al Awlaki.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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