Unknown group claims attack in Qaeda’s name-ANSA

MILAN (Reuters) – A previously unknown group claimed
responsibility in the name of al Qaeda for a series of blasts
in London that killed at least two people and wounded 185, the
Italian news agency ANSA reported on Thursday.

The “Secret Group of al Qaeda’s Jihad in Europe” claimed
the attack in a Web site posting and warned Italy and Denmark
to withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, ANSA said.

The claim could not be verified and did not appear on any
of the Web sites normally used by al Qaeda.

“Heroic fighters of the Arab nation, it is time for revenge
against the crusader and Zionist British government, in
response to the massacre carried out by Great Britain in Iraq
and Afghanistan,” ANSA quoted the message as saying on a site
it named as “el qal3ah.com.”

“We command the Italian and Danish governments to pull
their troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.”