Al Qaeda in Yemen\u00a0claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group\u2019s leadership for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organisation of al Qaeda al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of God,\u201d said Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, a leader of the Yemeni branch of al Qaeda (AQAP) in the recording.<\/p>\n
Gunmen killed a total of 17 people in three days of violence that began when they opened fire at Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its past publication of satirical images of the Prophet.<\/p>\n
Ansi, the main ideologue for AQAP, said the \u201cone who chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation is the leadership of the organization\u201d, without naming an individual.<\/p>\n
He added without elaborating that the strike was carried out in \u201cimplementation\u201d of the order of overall al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, who has called for strikes by Muslims in the West using any means they can find.<\/p>\n
AQAP itself is led by Nasser al-Wuhayshi, who is also Zawahri\u2019s number two in the network\u2019s global hierarchy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did it in compliance with the command of Allah and supporting His Messenger, peace be upon Him,\u201d Ansi added.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording, which carried the logo of the al Qaeda\u2019s media group al-Malahem.<\/p>\n
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after last week\u2019s attacks sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France\u00a0on Wednesday, with people queuing up to buy copies to support the satirical weekly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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