I’ve looked at the images on SPTBF’s site. No rifle in the background as has been in every other video I’ve seen. Am I missing something? Looks to be in front of a blue board, rifle should still show up. Remember discussions on its location and orientation being a sign, what about its absence?
Zawahiri has a photograph of his armed jihadis behind his right shoulder — they appear to have enough fire power to take care of things.
Also, the as-Sahab studio probably dropped in their own background when they edited the film.
Also, Zawahiri was wearing WHITE clothing ...delivering his usual propaganda — just in time for July.
Anyway, that’s my immediate observations.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/30/terror/main1255755.shtml
I think like Laura has mentioned - Zawahiri is attempting to appear more ‘statesman-like’.
Terror links man jailed for nine years
snippet:
Also found was a recipe for creating poisonous cyanide gas using tablet capsules which would kill humans within minutes, a shopping list of common substances for use in homemade bombs and a “chilling” reference to the use of radioactive radium in explosives.
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1524702.0.terror_links_man_jailed_for_nine_years.php