Bin Laden to Release Video Testimony of 9/11 Hijacker
Osama Bin Laden will release another video this week to present the last testament of one of the September 11 suicide bombers, the media arm of Al-Qaida announced today.
The announcement came in a banner advertisement posted on an Islamic militant website often used by al-Qaida to release messages. It was signed by Al-Sahab, al-Qaida's media operation.
It said: "Coming soon, God willing, the testament of the attacks on New York and Washington, Abu Musab Waleed al-Shehri, presented by Sheik Osama Bin Laden, God preserve him."
Waleed al-Shehri was one of the hijackers on American Airlines flight 11 that hit the World Trade Centre in New York.
The video, which could be released tomorrow, the sixth anniversary of the attacks, comes three days after the release of the first video for three years featuring Bin Laden.
He appeared in good health despite earlier reports that he was gravely ill with kidney disease.
In an address that appeared to be aimed at taunting the American public, he flaunted his knowledge of current world affairs and noted the unpopularity of the war in Iraq.
He said: "After several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the Democratic party for this purpose, but the Democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning."
The release of the new video is a familiar tactic by the terrorist network.
Al-Qaida has marked past anniversaries of the September 11 attacks by putting out videos of the last will and testaments of some of the hijackers, usually accompanied by comments by top leaders and documentary-style footage.
Last year, for example, al-Sahab released a 55-minute video with the last testimonies of hijackers Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi.
The video included old but previously unreleased footage showing Bin Laden strolling through an Afghan training camp where the attacks were apparently planned and chatting with top al-Qaida lieutenants.
The tape was accompanied by another featuring an address by Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.
The announcement came in a banner advertisement posted on an Islamic militant website often used by al-Qaida to release messages. It was signed by Al-Sahab, al-Qaida's media operation.
It said: "Coming soon, God willing, the testament of the attacks on New York and Washington, Abu Musab Waleed al-Shehri, presented by Sheik Osama Bin Laden, God preserve him."
Waleed al-Shehri was one of the hijackers on American Airlines flight 11 that hit the World Trade Centre in New York.
The video, which could be released tomorrow, the sixth anniversary of the attacks, comes three days after the release of the first video for three years featuring Bin Laden.
He appeared in good health despite earlier reports that he was gravely ill with kidney disease.
In an address that appeared to be aimed at taunting the American public, he flaunted his knowledge of current world affairs and noted the unpopularity of the war in Iraq.
He said: "After several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the Democratic party for this purpose, but the Democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning."
The release of the new video is a familiar tactic by the terrorist network.
Al-Qaida has marked past anniversaries of the September 11 attacks by putting out videos of the last will and testaments of some of the hijackers, usually accompanied by comments by top leaders and documentary-style footage.
Last year, for example, al-Sahab released a 55-minute video with the last testimonies of hijackers Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi.
The video included old but previously unreleased footage showing Bin Laden strolling through an Afghan training camp where the attacks were apparently planned and chatting with top al-Qaida lieutenants.
The tape was accompanied by another featuring an address by Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.
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