Sept 11 2007 Osama bin Laden video

6 days after the September 6, 2007 Osama bin Laden video on September 11, 2007, the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, a second video produced As-Sahab appeared purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden to 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri.

In the video, a voice indentified as bin Laden's delivers the 14-minute introduction. The voice is heard over a still picture of bin Laden, dressed and groomed as he appears in the September 6, 2007 video. The 33-minute balance of the recording is a video will read by al-Shehri. [Citation |last=Nasr |first=Octavia |title= New bin Laden video surfaces |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/binladen.video/index.html |accessdate=2007-09-12]

Some mainstream media outlets say that video lasts 47-minutes. [ [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1455822007 Scotsman.com News ] ]

The title of the video is 'The Wills of the Heroes of the Raids on New York and Washington.' [ [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1455822007 Scotsman.com News ] ]

According to CNN reporter Octavia Nasr:

* "Although CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of the video, it did feature the logo of As-Sahab Media, the company that traditionally handles al Qaeda communications to the public. The 47-minute videotape was obtained by terrorism expert Laura Mansfield before it was to appear on several Islamist Web sites known for carrying statements from al Qaeda and other radical groups." [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/binladen.video/index.html New bin Laden video surfaces - CNN.com ] ]

The voice over is spoken in Arabic and is heard over a still picture of Osama bin Laden and contains English subtitles.

Nasr goes on to state that:

* "The balance of the recording is a video well read by al-Shehri, with 9/11 symbols in the background. He is the seventh of the 19 hijackers to appear in such a will since the terrorist attacks" and that "The voice and picture in the video sound and appear similar to a bin Laden video released late last week."

There is no indication that any part of the video was recorded recently. The only element tying it to somewhat-current events is in the introduction and the mention of the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed during a U.S. raid in June 2006.

For several weeks, radical Islamist Web sites have been announcing that there would be "good news soon from Sheikh Osama bin Laden."

ee also

*Videos of Osama bin Laden
*Videos of Ayman al-Zawahiri
* (book published in 2005)

References

External links

* [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5244390242616780008 The Wills of the Martyrs of New York & Washington] (FULL Video)

News articles

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/11/wbin111.xml Bin Laden video released on 9/11 anniversary] - The Daily Telegraph, September 12, 2007
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6980000/newsid_6988800?redirect=6988895.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&nbram=1&asb=1 New Bin Laden video released] - BBC News, September 11, 2007 (video)
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,,2166681,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront Bin Laden releases video on 9/11 anniversary] - The Guardian, September 11, 2007
* [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1455822007 Bin Laden returns to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks as America remembers its dead] - The Scotsman, September 12, 2007
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/11/binladen.video/index.html New Sept. 11 bin Laden video surfaces] - CNN, September 11, 2007
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2429415.ece Al-Qaeda releases video will of 9/11 hijacker on anniversary] - CNN, September 11, 2007

Pre-Video release

* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070910.wbinladen0910/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070910.wbinladen0910 Al-Qaeda says bin Laden to appear in 2nd video] - The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2007