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The Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda which claimed responsibility for last week's Charlie Hebdo terror attacks has warned that it would unleash more "tragedies and terror" in the future if Western countries did not stop their "insults" and the "spilling [of] our blood," an internet video released by the group has stated, according to Sputnik News.

In a YouTube video released on Wednesday, Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, a high-ranking commander of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), officially took responsibility for the Paris attack, warning the West to "stop your insults on our Prophet and sanctities," to "stop spilling our blood," to "leave our lands," and to "quit plundering our resources."

"Otherwise, by Allah, do not expect of us except tragedies and terror," the terrorist leader threatened. "You look for peace and stability but you will not find it because of the deeds of those carrying out martyrdom operations and heroes of lone jihad," he added.

Explaining why France was chosen for last week's horrific attacks, Al-Ansi stated that the country purportedly belongs to the "party of Satan," and it has "shared all of America's crimes. It is France that has committed crimes in Mali and the Islamic Maghreb. It is France that supports the annihilation of Muslims in Central Africa in the name of race cleansing," Al-Ansi declared.