Yemeni al-Qaida urges kidnapping of Saudi royalty

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Yemeni al-Qaida urges kidnapping of Saudi royalty

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By The Associated Press

CAIRO - A senior member of an al-Qaida offshoot in Yemen has called on

supporters in a new audio message to kidnap Christians and members of the Saudi

royal family.

The deputy chief of al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula, Said al-Shihri, says such

hostages could be used as a bargaining chip to secure the release of the terror

group's supporters held in jails across the region.

In a rare nod to al-Qaida's female supporters, al-Shihri singles out a Saudi

woman preacher, Haila al-Kassir. He says al-Kassir is currently in Saudi

custody.

Al-Shihri recently made a similar appeal for attacks against U.S. and Saudi

interests in the Middle East.

The 17-minute audio tape was posted Thursday on websites frequently used by

Islamist extremists.