Today has been full of attack threats by Al Qaida and Al Qaida linked groups. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but Al Qaida has made yet another threat; this time against Libya.

Tripoli, 31 May (AKI) - An al-Qaeda cell in Libya has announced in a statement published on the Internet that it is planning an attack on the coastal city of Darna, in the north-east of the country. The message, picked up by the Arab newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi, goes on to say that to avoid this attack Libya must immediately release one of the cell’s leaders from prison.

As well as attacking the town, which is located between Bengazi and the capital, Tripoli, the group also talks of a list of al-Qaeda targets, which it says includes the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The newspaper reports that the statement was signed by the head of the local terror group, Abu al-Bara al-Libi.

I’m very weary of believing attacks posted on the internet will happen. After all, the success of an attack is that it is as covert as possible. Nevertheless, this is something to keep an eye out for and hopefully Libya will not cave in and release the cell’s leader from prison. I would not expect Gaddafi to do so.

With all of these threats made over the weekend, is this evidence Al Qaida is wrenching up its terror networks for a big attack? One massive attack on one target does not have to be the case; rather it may be more effective if several attacks were launched simultaneously accross the globe. Whether or not Al Qaida has the means to cooridinate such attacks on a large scale is not known.