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Afghanistan
'Bin Laden' (Greatest Hits) video intercepted
2007-07-15
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden praises martyrdom as a weapon and a path to glory for Muslims in a K-Tel video that CNN says was intercepted before it was to appear on late-night infomercials radical Islamist websites. CNN, which noted it could not verify the authenticity of the 40-minute video and had translated it from Arabic into English, said on its website there was no indication of where or when the footage had been shot. The news network said the video contained old clips but concluded it had been compiled in the past four weeks.
Can't verify a thing but they'll still broadcast it.
The environment in which bin Laden is shown speaking is similar to that on releases made before the September 11 attacks on the United States by al-Qaeda in 2001.

Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs, said bin Laden appears in only a 50-second portion of the video in which he asserts that the Prophet Mohammed had wanted to be a martyr. “What is this status that the best of mankind wished for himself?” CNN said bin Laden asked rhetorically. “He wished to be a martyr. He himself said: 'By Him in whose hands my life is! I would love to attack and be martyred.”'

“This glorious prophet who was inspired by God summarised this entire life by these words. He wished upon himself this status. Happy is one who was chosen by God as a martyr,” bin Laden said, according to the CNN translation of his remarks.

CNN did not say how the footage had been intercepted. But a segment of the video, produced by al-Qaeda's media arm al-Sahab, was seen on the lauramansfield.com website which provides Arabic translations and terrorism analysis. Bin Laden was wearing army fatigues and appeared to be addressing followers. For the past several weeks, radical Islamist websites have proclaimed there will be “good news soon from Sheikh Osama bin Laden”, CNN reported.
"The worms have completed their work, my brothers. I'm next for the demons, inshallah."
Posted by:tipper

#16  "Happy is one who was chosen by God as a martyr."

And happier is the one who has the privelege of removing the swill known as Osama bin Laden from the face of the earth, and gets to put Binny's head on display in the freak show at the local circus...
Posted by: Tell D Truth   2007-07-15 21:17  

#15  It precisely becuz both legitimate and illegitimate = criminal World organizations make extensive use of "body doubles" + other tricky, deceptive methods is why Osama's corpse is important. Osama and Zawi, etal. go back to long before Osama was adopted by his Saudi family. Without Osama's proven corpse, it is fallacious and dangerous to presume Osama is dead ergo is done wid both Radical Islamism, Terror, and the anti-US /Western agenda.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-07-15 20:13  

#14  No.

Bin Laden died here

http://www.clubvibes.com/listings/listingsdetail.asp?id=21612
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2007-07-15 19:56  

#13  My belief is he died in Tora Bora. Recollect the reports about the radio intercepts of his followers crying on open mike?
Posted by: KBK   2007-07-15 19:18  

#12  I don't know about bin Laden but it sure looks like Zawahiri is the one who has been running the show for quite some time.
Posted by: Elmereter Hupash6222   2007-07-15 18:28  

#11  Â“This glorious pedophile for prophet who was inspired by the pagan moon Godess summarised this entire life by these words. He wished upon himself this criminal cult status. Unhappy is one who was chosen by God Satan as a martyr,” bin Laden said, according to the CNN translation of his remarks.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-07-15 15:41  

#10  My money is now on bin Laden sleeping with the worms.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-15 14:58  

#9  There used to be a number of Osama bin Laden body doubles (I think one of them ended up sadder but wiser in London). I do not understand why the Al Qaeda leadership doesn't just film one of them lip synching to some old audio tapes, holding up a current newspaper. Easy peasy with the professional videography staff they supposedly have hanging around.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-07-15 14:25  

#8  I won't believe he's dead until I see his head on a platter.(or pieces of it verified by DNA) Using old footage would conceal any modifications such as rhinoplasty. Another old video expressed Binny's personal desire to die as a martyr "in the belly of the Great Eagle" and he may have personally visited the US long ago to bring his child for medical treatment. He has also said he likes the desert SW. Private Saudi jets come and go in places like those serving Mayo for medical treatment; former King Hussein of Jordan had a private wing and entire hotel floors for his large entourage in Rochester, MN. You can bet they don't wait in line at customs at the airport like the peons going on vacation. The restaurant menus and TV also had Arabic translations. There are also Arizona and Florida affiliated clinics and medical visas for our "good friends" escape close scrutiny. "Those that cure you will kill you" and other verbal cryptic clues should all be re-examined, as we have had more than three warnings recently. Also, Binny used to love riding horses, the Saudis even fly their prized racehorses around the world, and it would be ever so easy to cross into Montana or North Dakota while everyone else is focused on Pakistan or the Mexican border. Denial will not make this virulence go away, probably for thousands of years anyway, and it is a deadly failure not to take this seriously.
Posted by: Danielle   2007-07-15 11:59  

#7  "He's dead, Jim"
Posted by: Frank G   2007-07-15 11:01  

#6  We have been scouring the earth for OBL. Not much has emerged lately. Maybe he is dead. He is or was an evil man--the prince of darkness.

In a culture that believes in giant badgers and cell phones that infect the user with a virus, it is no wonder that many have hooked their star to this evil man so destructive of mankind. AQ seems to still be using him as a motivational speaker.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-07-15 10:37  

#5  He's been maggot food for 5 years now. Anyone who thinks he is alive is either someone who worships his ideology or someone like CNN and the NYTs who use him to mock Bush. Its all about Bush.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-07-15 10:36  

#4  My thought too.
Posted by: lotp   2007-07-15 10:00  

#3  More likely it's a go signal. Keep yer eyes peeled, authorities, and keep an extra eye on Cousin Mahmoud.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-07-15 09:59  

#2  I understand deader-than-disco Dr. Z is in the video, so it appears to be *ahem* dated at best. Is there any doubt when OBL is finally confirmed dead that CNN will we do a martyr's retrospective on this valiant freedom fighter to enthralled the Muslim world?
Posted by: regular joe   2007-07-15 08:14  

#1  Broadcast it? How do we know they didn't make it?
Posted by: Bobby   2007-07-15 07:19  

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