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Since Osama bin Laden made his first appearance in almost three years on Friday, the government and the news media have exhaustively scrutinized his video for clues as to the Saudi terrorist's whereabouts and well-being. ...his message has been dismissed as meaningless psychological warfare and propaganda, put forward in a claim for relevance on the sixth anniversary of September 11. But what bin Laden actually says in his "message from Sheikh Osama bin Laden to the American people" has the potential to be quite revealing. Gone is any mention of Israel, of the Christian and Jewish crusaders, or of the...

Intelligence officials on Saturday unveiled five different videos of Osama bin Laden that were confiscated from the deadly raid at his Pakistan compound ... In one video, bin Laden is wearing what a wool cap with a blanket draped around his shoulders. He is holding a TV clicker and rocking in his chair. Bin Laden, sporting a gray beard, is seen flipping through a selection of satellite channels as he views video footage of himself.

<p>Osama bin Laden stresses the importance of martyrdom for Muslim causes in a videotape that purportedly contains a 50-second message from the al Qaeda leader. ...</p> <p>The videotape was made in the last four weeks, but the clips appear to be old, said Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs. There is no indication of where it was shot, and CNN cannot verify its authenticity. ...</p>

SNIPPET: "According to one of my most trusted sources, the blurry image seen on the tape is indeed Osama bin Laden. One of the reasons that this is convincing is that the blurry image remains in the video. As Sahab, which produces al Qaeda's propaganda, is very selective in the information it releases, and rarely leaves garbage in its videos. As Sahab intentionally leaves in this clip, for reasons unknown. Does al Qaeda want to generate a buzz? Is this a hidden message? Perhaps this is a precursor to a new bin Laden tape?"

CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's new video marks a shift by the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq toward a less radical image, one that might appeal to the Iraqi insurgency more than the beheadings for which he's become notorious, analysts said Wednesday. The video released Tuesday, the first by al-Zarqawi that shows his face, features scenes of the black-garbed terrorist firing a gun and hunkered over a map plotting strategy. The Sunni Muslim extremist, 39, looks youthful and healthy in the springtime desert. "It's a departure from the past. There's no strident anti-Shiite rhetoric and no beheadings," said Joost...

See also: Straw dismisses bin Laden video Story filed: 20:51 Monday 15th April 2002 New bin Laden video a 'patchwork of clips' Tue 16 Apr 2002 Paul Gallagher http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=405102002 US MILITARY agents were last night analysing newly released film of Osama bin Laden in which his supporters openly boast of their involvement in the 11 September attacks. Bin Laden appears in excerpts from a video compiled by al-Qaeda sympathisers and broadcast yesterday on the Arab TV network al-Jazeera, showing his chief deputy hailing the attacks as a "great victory". The video also claims to feature one of the 19 men...

Interview just on FOX News about big bin Laden speech on video tape coming Thursday (18th); part of existing new tape, not yet broadcast. Waco and OK City were on April 19th? Israeli actions in Gaza and West Bank, late April last year.

TV channel airs new bin Laden video Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel has aired a new videotape showing Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden's top deputy is shown claiming the September 11 attacks as a "great victory". Al-Jazeera has showed a series of clips from what appears to be new videotapes from the al-Qaida network. In one, bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, kneel side-by-side. Only al-Zawahri is shown speaking. Al-Jazeera says it will air the complete tapes on Thursday. An Al-Jazeera official says the tape was received a few days ago at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar. It...