Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims TV office bombing

The Iraqi arm of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack this week on the Baghdad office of satellite television channel Al Arabiya, and warned of further strikes on media targets. "We assume responsibility for the attack on this corrupted channel," the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaeda affiliate, said in a statement on an Islamist website.

The group said it would not hesitate to target media organisations and pursue their members "as long as they persist to be a tool in the war against Allah and His Messenger". (Reuters)