Who are these guys, anyway?
A statement posted Friday on an Islamic Web site in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for latest blasts targeting London's transport system.
The group, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade, also claimed responsibility for the July 7 bombings which killed 52 people and four suicide bombers.
The statement's authenticity could not be immediately verified and there has been doubt cast over the veracity of the group's past claims.
On Tuesday, another statement was issued in the name of the same group threatening to launch "a bloody war" on the capitals of European countries that do not remove their troops from Iraq within a month.
"While we bless these strikes, our next attacks will be Hellish for the enemies of God," said the latest statement.
"We will strike in the hearts of European capitals, in Rome, in Amsterdam and in Denmark where their soldiers are still in Iraq pursuing their British and American masters," the statement added.
Same old song. Abu Hafs has claimed responsibility for most of the terrorist attacks across the globe (outside of Israel) since 9-11. Madrid, Istanbul, Baghdad, Jakarta, even the U.S. blackout. For more on their claims, and the debunking thereof, see my prior posts here and here, which link MEMRI's analysis and conclusions.
