Will go after Al Qaeda wherever they are: Panetta
May 11, 2012  04:04
Following a failed attempt by al-Qaeda to attack a US-bound plane, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the United States would go after the terror group "wherever they are and wherever they try to hide in this world." "As I've said time and time again, that we will go after Al Qaeda wherever they are and wherever they try to hide. 

And one of the places that they clearly are located is Yemen," Panetta told reporters at a Pentagon news conference yesterday. "The United States' both military and intelligence communities have gone after Al Qaeda, and we continue to go after Al Qaeda," he said in response to a question when asked about recent threats that emanated from Yemen. 

On May 8, an attempt by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up a US-bound passenger plane was foiled. An explosive device bearing the hallmarks of the 2009 underwear bomb was seized.
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