WASHINGTON (AP) — Terrorist monitoring groups say Al-Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula claims its attempts to blow up package bombs on two cargo flights headed to the U.S. cost only $4,200.
In an edition of the Yemeni-based group’s online Inspire magazine, it details how what it calls Operation Hemorrhage used common items like Nokia cell phones, and two HP printers stuffed with an organic explosive.
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