[sinkspur]

After they were firmly nailed. Learn.

The videos were made BEFORE they were nailed.

Stuff the condescension.

[KSCITYBOY]

The videos were NOT released that is the point binladen debied denied denied.... Even though I'm not sure who is doing this I get tired of xperts saying terrorists always claim their attacks --- The have almost never claimed credit for attacks on American targets.

[Cachelot]

The videos were made BEFORE they were nailed.

They were nailed immediately. The first tape that could in any way be dated was a private tape never intended to be shown. Learn.

Is your real name O'Reilly? ;)

[piasa]

The videos were made BEFORE they were nailed.

Not from what I've heard, but I may have missed catching that bit of info. When were they made? The only estimate I've seen so far is that the video where bin Laden takes credit is this excerpt from CNN:

"The tape, which the U.S. government said was found in a home in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and had poor audio quality, was believed to have been made in Kandahar on or around November 9..."

The tape was found by coalition forces in the first part of December in Jalalabad- bin Laden never did release this tape to the news as al Qaeda had done with other tapes calling for jihad (but not taking credit for things.) These other tapes were released on al Jazeera but in the case of this tape, where bin Laden's guilt was clear, where he named 9 hijackers... the tape was made known only because it was CAPTURED. There was no reason to believe that this tape was ever going to be released for mass consumption. In fact, it would be out of character... as I said before, one of the distinguishing characteristics about al Qaeda was that of all the other terrorist groups, al Qaeda was unusual in that it seldom if ever took direct credit and its brochures sometimes advised against taking responsibility.