Al Qaeda Promises New Video

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CAIRO_ Al Qaeda said today that it will release a new video of Osama bin Laden presenting the last testament of one of the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackers, marking the sixth anniversary of the attacks.

The announcement from the terror group’s media arm came only days after Mr. bin Laden appeared in his first video in three years, giving an address to the American people, lecturing them to abandon capitalism and democracy and convert to Islam.

The announcement came in a banner advertisement posted on an Islamic militant Web site where Al Qaeda often releases messages and was signed by al-Sahab, the media arm of Mr. bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terror network.

“Coming soon, God willing, the testament of the attacks on New York and Washington, Abu Musab Waleed al-Shehri, presented by Sheik Osama bin Laden, God preserve him,” the banner read. It showed an image of Mr. bin Laden wearing the same black beard and clothes as in the most recent video.

Al Qaeda has marked past anniversaries of the September 11 attacks by putting out videos of the last will and testaments of some of the hijackers, usually accompanied by comments by top leaders and documentary-style footage.

Last year, for example, al-Sahab released a 55-minute video with the last testimonies of hijackers Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi. The video included old but previously unreleased footage showing bin Laden strolling through an Afghan training camp where the attacks were apparently planned and chatting with top Al Qaeda lieutenants. The tape was accompanied by another with an address by Mr. bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.

Waleed al-Shehri was one of the hijackers on American Airlines flight 11 that hit the World Trade Center.


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