--Boundary_(ID_a2bbTDf6FDZ2DGnzYZAWkA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Western Airliners May Be al-Qaida Target Jun 7, 12:30 PM (ET) CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A statement bearing Al-Qaida's name warned Monday that Western airliners will be the terror group's target. The statement appeared on an Islamist Web site known for posting messages from militants, including the video in which a terror group with al-Qaida links executed the American kidnapped in Iraq, Nick Berg. The statement's authenticity could not be immediately verified, but it was signed "Al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula." The statement referred "crusaders" and warned "all that is affiliated with these crusaders - from compounds, bases and means of transport - especially Western and American airliners, will be direct targets of our next operations, with God's help." The statement begins by warning all Muslims to avoid "contact with the American and Western crusaders and all non-believers in the Arabian peninsula." It urges Muslims to ignore Americans and Westerners "in their homes, compounds, movements and means of transport - in all shapes and forms." The statement says the purpose of this warning is to spare Muslim blood. --Boundary_(ID_a2bbTDf6FDZ2DGnzYZAWkA) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><x-tad-bigger>Western Airliners May Be al-Qaida Target </x-tad-bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller> Jun 7, 12:30 PM (ET) </smaller><x-tad-bigger>CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A statement bearing Al-Qaida's name warned Monday that Western airliners will be the terror group's target. The statement appeared on an Islamist Web site known for posting messages from militants, including the video in which a terror group with al-Qaida links executed the American kidnapped in Iraq, Nick Berg. The statement's authenticity could not be immediately verified, but it was signed "Al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula." The statement referred "crusaders" and warned "all that is affiliated with these crusaders - from compounds, bases and means of transport - especially Western and American airliners, will be direct targets of our next operations, with God's help." The statement begins by warning all Muslims to avoid "contact with the American and Western crusaders and all non-believers in the Arabian peninsula." It urges Muslims to ignore Americans and Westerners "in their homes, compounds, movements and means of transport - in all shapes and forms." The statement says the purpose of this warning is to spare Muslim blood. </x-tad-bigger></fontfamily> --Boundary_(ID_a2bbTDf6FDZ2DGnzYZAWkA)--