SANAA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the group's deadliest franchises, called on Islamists to target the United States, after Washington launched air strikes in Iraq against Islamist militants who operate as the Islamic State.
In a statement published on a Twitter account affiliated with the franchise's local affiliate, Ansar al-Shariah, AQAP said on Thursday:
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