CIA Director Petraeus Comments On Al Qaeda

CIA Director David H. Petraeus (right) and James Clapper, director of national intelligence, testify during a joint hearing of the U.S. House and Senate intelligence committees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The intelligence chiefs briefed lawmakers on the state of intelligence reform 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Al-Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula 'Most Dangerous' -- The Telegraph

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, has emerged as the "most dangerous" affiliate of the extremist group as the terrorism threat shifts to outside South Asia, CIA Director David Petraeus has said.

The threat from a weakened core al-Qaeda remains a concern for the United States a decade after the September 11 attacks, but the group's vulnerability offers a window of opportunity, Mr Petraeus said in prepared testimony for a joint House-Senate intelligence committee hearing.

"Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, has emerged as the most dangerous regional node in the global jihad,'' Petraeus said in his first congressional testimony as CIA chief.

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