Get out of Iraq or else, 'al-Qaida' warns

A statement issued in the name of the al-Qaida terror group has warned European states they have only two weeks to withdraw troops from Iraq or face the consequences, an Arab newspaper reported in Cairo.

Asharq al-Awsat said it had received a statement from the “Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri (al-Qaida)”, the group which claimed responsibility for Madrid train bombings on March 11 that killed about 200 people.