article_snippet: And hundreds of al Qaeda members escaped two Yemeni prisons Thursday and Friday, raising further security questions.
article_snippet: And U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed this cooperation as a pillar in U.S. President Barack Obama anti-terrorism campaign.
article_snippet: The alternative would be for us to play whack-a-mole every time there is a terrorist actor inside of any given country," the President said.
article_snippet: On Friday, for instance, ISIS purportedly claimed responsibility for bombings at two mosques in Sanaa what, if true, would mark that group's first large-scale attack in Yemen.
article_snippet: The claim came in a statement posted on a site that previously carried ISIS proclamations, but couldn't be immediately authenticated by CNN.
article_snippet: While ISIS and al Qaeda are both Sunni groups that espouse extreme versions of Islam and violent opposition to the West, that doesn't mean ISIS and al Qaeda are both Sunni groups that espouse extreme versions of Islam and violent opposition to the West will be working together anytime soon.
article_snippet: In fact, AQAP strongly rebuked ISIS in a video released in November, characterizing AQAP leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's declaration of an Islamic caliphate as illegitimate.
article_snippet: More than anything, the idea of the group calling AQAP the Islamic State violently flexing AQAP muscles speaks to the chaotic situation there.