When it comes to missions abroad, al Qa’eda in the Arabian Peninsula, the regional al Qa’eda franchise headquartered in Yemen, has the distinction of being almost devastatingly successful.
The poorly understood organisation almost assassinated the deputy Saudi interior minister last August, almost destroyed a United Airlines flight over Detroit last December, and almost assassinated the British ambassador to Yemen in May.
While the group’s international forays may have yet to bear fruit, the same cannot be said of its record in Yemen. Al Qa’eda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has killed 37 out of the 40 local security officials that it has targeted over the past three years, according to Al-Masdar Online news website.
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