Washington:
An Internet video purportedly from Pakistani Taliban group, Tarik-e-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the car bomb attempt in Times Square in New York, the US monitoring service SITE said on Sunday.
Posted on YouTube, the video said the attempted bombing was in revenge for the recent killing of two top Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq, US drone strikes in Pakistan and US treatment of a Pakistani neuroscientist, SITE said.
"Congratulations to the Muslim Ummah on the jaw-breaking blow to Satan's USA. We, Tehreek-e-Taliban, with all the pride and bravery, take full responsibility for the recent attack in the USA," an English message on the video said.
AFP was unable to independently view the video on YouTube. The video apparently was posted on YouTube early on Sunday by Taliban News, but a service message said it had been removed because of a "use violation."
SITE said the video contained an audio message from Qari Hussein Mehsud, a Tarik-e-Taliban official, that was played over anti-American images with English subtitles.
The group said the attempted attack was to avenge the killings of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri, the top two leaders of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in an air and ground assault last month near the city of Tikrit, SITE said.
It also said it was in revenge for "the recent rain of drone attacks in the tribal areas and the abduction, torture and humiliation of our most respected and innocent sister Dr. Aafia Siddiqui."
Siddiqui is a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted in a New York court last month of attempted murder and armed assault on US soldiers while in custody in Afghanistan.
Posted on YouTube, the video said the attempted bombing was in revenge for the recent killing of two top Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq, US drone strikes in Pakistan and US treatment of a Pakistani neuroscientist, SITE said.
"Congratulations to the Muslim Ummah on the jaw-breaking blow to Satan's USA. We, Tehreek-e-Taliban, with all the pride and bravery, take full responsibility for the recent attack in the USA," an English message on the video said.
AFP was unable to independently view the video on YouTube. The video apparently was posted on YouTube early on Sunday by Taliban News, but a service message said it had been removed because of a "use violation."
SITE said the video contained an audio message from Qari Hussein Mehsud, a Tarik-e-Taliban official, that was played over anti-American images with English subtitles.
The group said the attempted attack was to avenge the killings of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri, the top two leaders of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in an air and ground assault last month near the city of Tikrit, SITE said.
It also said it was in revenge for "the recent rain of drone attacks in the tribal areas and the abduction, torture and humiliation of our most respected and innocent sister Dr. Aafia Siddiqui."
Siddiqui is a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted in a New York court last month of attempted murder and armed assault on US soldiers while in custody in Afghanistan.
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