11:51 AM Saturday Nov 6, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink DUBAI – A Yemen-based al-Qaida group on Friday claimed responsibility for the international mail bomb plot uncovered late last week as well as the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in September. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and Britain that were bound for the U.S., al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a statement taking credit for the plot and saying it would continue to strike American and Western interests. The group specifically said it would target civilian and cargo aircraft. “We have struck three blows at your airplanes in a single year. And God willing, we will continue to strike our…
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Al-Qaida group claims mail bombs