Web statement purportedly from Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Denmark Embassy attack

An Internet posting purportedly by al-Qaida in Afghanistan claimed Thursday that the group was behind the bombing near the Danish embassy in Pakistan this week that left six people dead.

The statement said Monday's bombing in Islamabad was carried out to fulfill the promise of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden to exact revenge over the reprinting in Danish papers of a cartoon of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

It said the bombing came in defense of the religion, the blood and the honor of Muslims, and warned that if Denmark fails to apologize for the cartoons, more attacks will follow and Monday's blast will "only be the first drop of rain."

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