Posted on 12/03/2003 11:36:17 AM PST by tubavil
NEW AL-QAEDA TAPE RELEASED SITE Institute
SITE Institute,12/3/2003 - As promised in an announcement issued by al-Qaeda?s ?al-Sahab? production company, which was posted on the al-Qaeda affiliated ?Leewa? website last week, a new tape which includes unseen shots of Osama bin Laden was recently released.
The announcement of the video was accompanied with a report, entitled ?A Special Report on the Confrontations Martyrs.? Although the report describes the entire video in detail, only the first two minutes are actually available online. The new video, entitled ?The Martyrs of the Confrontations,? focuses on the Arabian Peninsula martyrs, beginning with the ?first attack against the Christian occupation of our peninsula? eight years ago. The SITE Institute is offering the video for download by clicking here.
The report, which is written as a newspaper story, explains that this tape ?is considered as the first of its kind, it includes the stories of several of these heroic martyrs, and something of their life. It is also inlaid with several old and new shots which were taken during training or military operations in several Jihad lands such as Afghanistan and Chechnya, in addition to the Arabian Peninsula, and supported with Qur'anic versus and fervent hymns.?
The report adds that ?the tape is privileged to include footages of the Mujahid Sheikh Osama bin Laden chosen carefully from previous meetings, speeches and interviews, some of which were never widely shown before.?
The writers detail the various parts of the video, beginning with the introduction, the only part which is available online presently. The report states, ?In the beginning of the tape, the introduction comes. It stands out in its diverse directing [using] both the traditional methods as well as 3-D?with comments by Sheikh Adbullah Azzam, and later on, by Sheikh Osama bin Laden regarding the trueness of the victory and the virtue of following the fundamentals.?
The report continues to describe the rest of the tape, revealing information about the parts that are not yet available online. According to the writers, the video includes a section about Yusuf al-Ayiri, a prominent Jihadi leader and al-Qaeda webmaster who was killed by Saudi authorities after the bombings in Riyadh last May. In addition to Al-Ayiri?s will, the tape includes the story of Abdul-Illah al-Atibi, who was killed recently by Saudi authorities, and expresses how Al-Atibi was influenced by the ?September events.?
The writers add that Al-Atibi was killed only two weeks before the tape was released and praise the high level of the video?s production which was able to produce the video in such a short period of time, despite the attempts of the ?infidels? to restrict the mujahideen?s activities.
The video is available for download here.
"All my exes live in Mecca
That's why I hang my turban in Tora Bora
Osama in Hell!
What's new is the bad guys have also decided it's in their self interest to keep Osama alive. It keeps the mythology going and keeps recruits lining up. The romance, the money, the legend. All lies, but they're going with what works, and we're going with what works. That's how it looks to me.
I have no idea if Osama is dead or alive, or how long he's been dead, if he's dead. You?
Don't the AQ members wonder, why they haven't seen a single video of Bin Laden for at least a year and a half or so?
What does he look like now? Why doesn't he want to show himself to his troops and the West?
I'm not sure what relevance you think your response has.
1. It's debatable whether even Bin Laden ever actually referred to or thought of his organization as "Al Qaeda". Or even that it is some kind of "organization" (as opposed to loose network) in the first place.
2. The fact that "Al Qaeda" was behind 9/11 doesn't mean we have to put a spotlight on every loser who claims to be allied with "Al Qaeda" and releases some dumb-ass video.
3. There's no reason to believe that "Bin Laden" is the one who made, or produced, or released, or ordered released, this tape. There's no reason to believe that Osama Bin Laden even draws breath at this point.
4. I am not suggesting that authorities ignore such thing, of course. I am just suggesting that it shouldn't be headline-worthy news in our mass media. It gives terrorists a spotlight they don't deserve, and Al Qaeda free publicity to attract copycats and self-appointed allies.
All right?
JEFF GANNON'S WASHINGTON WITH SPECIAL GUEST SEN. CORNYN, R-TX
2000 Oct 12, A US Navy destroyer, the USS Cole, refueling in Yemen suffered an enormous explosion in what appeared to be a terrorist attack. Initial reports had at least 6 sailors killed with 11 missing. The death toll was revised to 17. The 8,600-ton Cole was returned to the US aboard the Norwegian ship Blue Marlin. In 2001 a video tape by “Al-Sahab Productions” circulated among Muslim militants with footage of the bombed vessel.
Just fyi.
"The only thing we have to fear..." (everybody knows who said it!)
Al-Sahab Productions also made this: 2000 Oct 12, A US Navy destroyer, the USS Cole, refueling in Yemen suffered an enormous explosion in what appeared to be a terrorist attack. Initial reports had at least 6 sailors killed with 11 missing. The death toll was revised to 17. The 8,600-ton Cole was returned to the US aboard the Norwegian ship Blue Marlin. In 2001 a video tape by “Al-Sahab Productions” circulated among Muslim militants with footage of the bombed vessel.
There is a message hidden it I'll wager.....not necessarily from Bin Laden but from someone..
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