Western officials: the continuation of war in Yemen threatens the security of America and Europe

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Britain’s railways in Europe have turned into death trains and a weapon to sow terror and fear for al-Qaeda, British newspapers and US and British experts have warned, saying the group has benefited from the Saudi war in Yemen and has been able to target the West.

This came after Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen devoted the last issue of its English-language magazine Inspire to inciting its elements to launch attacks on trains and railways in Europe and America.

The organization devoted 18 pages to the magazine to explain how to attack the train directly or to target bars to get it out of its tracks or attack stations.

“It is almost impossible to secure hundreds of miles of railways in Britain,” al-Qaeda said in its magazine Anspare. The attacks “will cause huge losses and destruction.”

The US authorities quickly expressed their awareness of the organization’s magazine. The US Transportation Safety Administration said it was in contact with passenger services on how to protect its terrorist systems, but the US Department of Homeland Security said there was no imminent threat.

US experts say al-Qaeda in Yemen has benefited from the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen more than two years ago to re-emerge strongly after gaining strength and control over vast areas of land in the southern provinces of Yemen. Experts warned that the organization poses a serious threat to US and British security.

“The main beneficiary of the Saudi war on Yemen is al Qaeda,” said Michael Horton, chief analyst for Arab affairs at Jamestown, the US intelligence agency.

Asked about the participation of al-Qaeda and publicly speaking among the forces loyal to the Saudi alliance, Horton said: “I think policymakers in the United States are increasingly aware that al-Qaeda and Ta’ad are benefiting from the war in Yemen and are fully aware that they are already fighting alongside the anti-Houthi forces and their allies.

British parliamentarian Keith Faz warned that if the war in Yemen continues, al-Qaeda will further entrench itself with the population. AQAP has shown the ability and willingness to attack targets abroad. The organization adopted the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in 2015. He warned that what is happening inside Yemen can easily spread to our streets.

For more than two years, the war in Yemen has destroyed the country and civilian infrastructure, killed thousands, displaced millions of Yemenis, and unregulated areas of Yemen have become a safe haven for terrorist groups to embrace, plan and grow, the British MP said in an article published in The Huffington Post. .

The Al-Telegraph newspaper said al-Qaeda is calling on its supporters in Britain and Europe to sabotage the railways and derail the trains to cause great loss of life and “instill terror and fear” among passengers and passengers.

The newspaper said that securing hundreds of miles of railways in Britain is almost impossible, and that the attacks will cause huge losses and destruction.

An analysis by the International Crisis Group recently said the war in Yemen had enabled extremists to build a strong base in the heart of the Middle East.

The Telegraph said any attacks would force governments to impose security measures on train passengers, such as those applied to airports, noting that the intelligence services in Britain and the United States are taking it seriously, and that the security and intelligence services of the two countries closely cooperate to address a possible attack on the rail Ferrous.

British government sources said the government was increasingly concerned that trains could face terrorist attacks. A government source told the newspaper that the armed forces were ready to support the police and the ambulance if an attack on the railway.

The sources said that the organization is looking at ways to “turn trains into a weapon as happened with the aircraft,” in reference to the attacks on New York using aircraft in 2011.

One of the main causes of concern in London and Washington is that while the influence of the Islamic state organization in the Middle East is diminishing, al Qaeda will become more dangerous.

Railways in the United States represent one-third of the world’s railways. How can they protect 240 thousand kilometers? It is impossible. The same applies to Britain, which has 18500 km of railways, and France has 29473 kilometers of railways. The task of protecting all these distances is impossible, making it a very easy target. “