Another Claim of London Blasts by Al-Qaeda

DUBAI, July 9, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) � In the second claim of the bloody blasts, Al-Qaeda said Saturday, July 9, it was responsible for the London bombings and warned that more attacks would follow.

"A group of mujahedeen from a division of the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades piled blow after blow on the infidel capital, the British capital, leaving dead and injured," read an Internet statement, whose authenticity could not be verified, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"The next days will be marked by the biggest demonstrations of jihad against those who have declared war on Islam and Muslims," warned the statement.

Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades has previously claimed responsibility for the March 2004 Madrid train bombings in which 191 people died and twin bombings in Istanbul in November 2003 that killed 25 people.

"We will only calm down when security is a reality in the land of Islam and for Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine," said the statement.

This is the second claim of responsibility for the London bombings by a group purporting to be an Al-Qaeda affiliate.