. . . . "The Organisation of al-Qaeda's Jihad in Europe, an al-Qaeda offshoot, claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Emami-Kashani said that the West, in particular the United States and Israel, carried the responsibility. ???You who speak of al-Qaeda???s Islamic and terrorist nature, have you forgotten who are the mother and father of al-Qaeda???, the senior cleric questioned, in an address to the U" .