Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a
video apparently showing a gathering of the group
celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.
In February, attackers mounted a bomb, grenade
and gun assault on the main prison in Sanaa in
which 29 inmates, including 19 jailed for terrorism-
related crimes, escaped.
The 15-minute video, dated March 2014 and
posted on a website used by Islamists, shows
masked men waving al Qaeda's black flag and
celebrating the arrival of the freed prisoners.
Its authenticity could not be independently verified.
"The Crusader enemy, dear brothers, still possesses
cards which he moves around.
We have to
remember that we are always fighting the biggest
enemy," says a man speaking in the open in a
mountainous area, whom the video identifies as its
leader Nasser al-Wuhaishi.
"We have to remove the cross, (and) the bearer of
the cross, America," said Wuhaishi, who appeared
with his face uncovered, wearing a T-shirt and
sporting the dagger common among Yemeni men.
The video, entitled "Images from the reception of
the freed prisoners from Sanaa's central prison",
included testimony from fighters involved in the
jailbreak.
"We planned that we would need 10 hand
grenades," said a man identified as Munir al-Bouni.
Another man said: "Once you got out, you turned
right and the guys were waiting."
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