Nabi? Leader of Islamic Jihad in Yemen or AAIA?
The “defunct” AAIA grew out of YIJ. More on the recently arrested Nabi here. Theres an article at Straffor that says he was killed but all the other news stories say he was arrested.
A group called the Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack in a message posted on the Internet within hours of the bombing, according to the London based Al-Quds Al-‘Arabi.
The group threatened to soon target other embassies in the capital such as those of the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and demanded the release of inmates in Yemen jails.
The leader of the organization, Khalid ‘Abd A-Nabi, was reportedly arrested in Yemen last month after a five-year manhunt.
Working backwards, Abdullah al-Reimi certainly would have the expertise, considering the Jeddah attack.
WT A U.S. official based in Afghanistan said the attack incorporated a strategy that militants also have used in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“Armed gunmen have been the follow-up to the bombings to ensure maximum death and to ensure that the bombers follow through with the suicide attacks,” said the official, who asked not to be named because he holds a sensitive position.
A similar technique was used in 2004, when gunmen attacked the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. No Americans were hurt in that assault, which was foiled by security measures and Saudi security forces.
