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Al-Qaeda releases third 9/11 video

Dubai, 17 Sept. 2007 - Al-Qaeda released the third 9/11 video on Islamist websites on the internet on Monday.

The 26-minute video is a montage of audio and video footage showing previous messages by al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on the reasons behind the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Al-Qaeda released Osama bin Laden's first video in three years on 9 September. A second message was then made available on the sixth annivesary of the 9/11 attacks. The second message featured a still image of bin Laden with a voice praising Waleed al-Shehri, one of the 9/11 hijackers. There was also footage of al-Shehri, speaking about his motivation for the attack.

Monday's video, the third on the 9/11 anniversary, is different from previous al-Qaeda footage as it does not carry the logo of al-Sahab - the logo is known to refer to al-Qaeda's communications arm. The video instead carries a new logo, al-Tanzim.

Entitled, "The attacks in New York and Washington - reasons and motives", the video begins with a message from Abu Yahya al-Libi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Al-Libi, who escaped from the US detention centre in Bagram in 2005, praises the role of Osama bin Laden's network in defending the principles of Islam. A voice on the video also gives an account of the war in Chechnya, blames the West for having committed a mass extermination and calls for revenge for this action.

Also included is footage of interviews carried out by the Arab satellite TV network, Al Jazeera, with university professors, Arab commentators and editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. The video ends with a speech by an ideologue of Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam. The entire video describes various events that occured before the 9/11 attacks, in particular the conflict in Chechnya, and tries to explain the reasons behind the terror attacks.

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Third 9/11 Jihadist Video Calls For Attacks on West By Jeffrey Imm Media reports state that a third 9/11 Jihadist video, reportedly by Al Qaeda, has been released via Islamist web sites today, calling for Jihadist terror acts on the West to be a daily occurrence and calling for "acts of mass extermination". AKI and AFP have thus far provided the primary reporting on this new Al Qaeda video. AKI reports that the new 26 minute video is entitled "The attacks in New York and Washington - reasons and motives". AFP reports that the video "features a montage of images of the burning World Trade Center towers and scenes from Islamist training camps."

AFP reports that a voiceover on the video states: "We must take Islamist terrorism to Western countries so that it becomes a normal part of life like natural disasters" and "[i]n that way, we will have acts of mass extermination in which people will feel that their affluence also brings death... and we will have created a balance of deterrence between us and them".

AKI reports that the new video begins with a message from Abu Yahya al-Libi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. On the new video, Al-Libi is reported to praise the role of Al Qaeda in defending the principles of Islam

AKI reports that the new video includes a montage of audio and video footage of previous messages Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on the rationale behind the 9/11 attacks. AFP reports that the video also includes a clip by Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, also known as Sheikh Said, the group's commander in Afghanistan.

AKI reports that: "[a] voice on the video also gives an account of the war in Chechnya, blames the West for having committed a mass extermination and calls for revenge for this action. Also included is footage of interviews carried out by the Arab satellite TV network, Al Jazeera, with university professors, Arab commentators and editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. The entire video describes various events that occured before the 9/11 attacks, in particular the conflict in Chechnya, and tries to explain the reasons behind the terror attacks."

AKI reports that the video ends with a speech by Abdullah Azzam. Abdullah Azzam, who died in 1989, was an inspiration to Osama Bin Laden and countless other Jihadists. AKI reports that the new video does not the logo of al-Sahab, Al Qaeda's communications arm, but carries the new logo of "al-Tanzim". AFP reports: "A third release had been trailed by Al-Qaeda's media arm, As-Sahab. In the event the new video was issued in the name of Al-Tanzem, prompting suggestions the network has launched a new media arm." This posting will be updated as new information is released. Sources: September 17, 2007 -- AKI: Terrorism: Al-Qaeda releases third 9/11 video September 17, 2007 -- AFP: Qaeda urges Islamic terror in West in third 9/11 video September 17, 2007 -- Agenzia Giornalistica Italia -- Terror: Third Al Qaeda's video, attacks must be normal April 16, 2002 - Slate: Abdullah Azzam - The godfather of jihad September 17, 2007 01:00 PM Link TrackBack (0) Print http://counterterrorismblog.org/ __________________