Sept 11 2007 Osama bin Laden video
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The Sept 11 2007 Osama bin Laden video appeared five days after the September 6, 2007 Osama bin Laden video
, on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It is the second video produced by As-Sahab
purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden
to 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri
.
In the video, a voice identified 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.
Some mainstream media outlets say that video lasts 47-minutes.
The title of the video is 'The Wills of the Heroes of the Raids on New York and Washington.'
According to CNN
reporter Octavia Nasr
:
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:
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."
2007 Osama bin Laden video
The 2007 Osama bin Laden video originally appeared in a banner ad on an Islamic militant website regularly used by Al-Qaeda on September 6, 2007. The ad carried a picture of Osama bin Laden and the logo of Al-Qaeda's media production company, As-Sahab. An accompanying translated message read "Soon,...
, on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It is the second video produced by As-Sahab
As-Sahab
The As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication , is the media production house of al-Qaeda, used to relay the organization's views to the world...
purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
to 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri
Waleed al-Shehri
Waleed Mohammed al-Shehri was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks....
.
In the video, a voice identified 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.
Some mainstream media outlets say that video lasts 47-minutes.
The title of the video is 'The Wills of the Heroes of the Raids on New York and Washington.'
According to CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
reporter Octavia Nasr
Octavia Nasr
Octavia Nasr is a journalist who covers Middle East affairs. She served as CNN’s Senior Editor of Mideast affairs until her dismissal in July 2010 over her public statement of respect on Twitter for the Lebanese cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who she considered "one of Hezbollah's giants...
:
"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."
The voice over is spoken in Arabic and is heard over a still picture of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
and contains English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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."
See also
- Videos of Osama bin LadenVideos of Osama bin LadenThere were several video and audio recordings released by, or claiming to be produced by, Osama bin Laden between 2001 and 2011. Most of the tapes were released directly to Arabic language satellite television networks, primarily Al Jazeera....
- Videos of Ayman al-ZawahiriVideos of Ayman al-ZawahiriThere have been several video and audio recordings released by Ayman al-Zawahiri. Many of the al-Zawahiri tapes have been released directly to Arabic language satellite television networks, like al-Jazeera.-May 17, 2003:...
- Messages to the WorldMessages to the WorldMessages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden is a 225-page, year 2005 book, published by Verso on November 28 which documents 24 newly translated public statements by Osama bin Laden from December 29, 1994 through December 16, 2004....
: The Statements of Osama bin Laden (book published in 2005)
External links
- The Wills of the Martyrs of New York & Washington (FULL Video)
News articles
- Bin Laden video released on 9/11 anniversary - The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, September 12, 2007 - New Bin Laden video released - BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
, September 11, 2007 (video) - Bin Laden releases video on 9/11 anniversary - The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, September 11, 2007 - Bin Laden returns to mark anniversary of 9/11 attacks as America remembers its dead - The ScotsmanThe ScotsmanThe Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
, September 12, 2007 - New Sept. 11 bin Laden video surfaces - CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, September 11, 2007 - Al-Qaeda releases video will of 9/11 hijacker on anniversary - CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, September 11, 2007
Pre-Video release
- Al-Qaeda says bin Laden to appear in 2nd video - The Globe and MailThe Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
, September 10, 2007