Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For The Massacre Of 200 Yemeni Soldiers

AQAP Claims Responsibility For Yemen Attacks -- CNN

(CNN) -- Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken responsibility for a series of attacks on Yemeni security forces in recent days that killed more than 180 troops.

The militant group issued a statement -- which CNN received a copy of Wednesday -- describing the attacks.

"The mujahedeen held a series of 'the cutting of the tail' military operations on the forces of Sanaa's government on the outskirts of the city of Zunjubar in Abyan state," the statement said.

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