国际英语新闻：Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for cargo bomb plot

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- An al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the cargo bomb plot that has recently spurred security scare across the Atlantic, terrorist monitoring group SITE said Friday.

"Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed the recently discovered plot involving explosive parcels, and also claimed responsibility for the downing of a UPS cargo plane in Dubai in September 2010," said the monitoring group.

AQAP made the announcement in a communiqu issued on jihadist forums on Friday, according to the group.

Top U.S. officials have been suspecting that the AQAP was behind the terror plot, in which two suspicious packages were found late last month on cargo planes originated from Yemen and destined for the United States.