Yemen's Al Qaeda branch denounces ISIS on Twitter

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaeda branch on Friday denounced the Islamic State group for declaring a caliphate on territory it seized in Syria and Iraq and for aggressively seeking to expand its area of influence.

The al-Qaeda Yemeni offshoot's purported spiritual guide, Sheikh Harith al-Nadhari, said such expansionist intentions are "driving a wedge" among jihadi groups. He was referring to Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's recent call for followers to "explode volcanos of jihad everywhere."

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Al-Nadhari said the ISIS "forced the nation, all the nation, to pledge allegiance" in absence of "consultation" with other Jihadi leaders. His message was posted on one of Yemeni al-Qaeda's official Twitter accounts. Read more...

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