Bin Laden Appears in New, Undated Video

15/04/2002| IslamWeb

SEP. 11, A Great Victory, Zawhri Says; (Read photo caption within)
In His Will, Al-Ghamidi Wants Battle Brought Home To Washington
Jazeera Airs Full Tape Tuesday;

Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden was shown in an undated videotape excerpt aired on Monday, sitting silently alongside a top aide who praised the September 11 attacks as a "great victory."

Qatar-based satellite television network Al-Jazeera broadcast the footage, which also included the videotaped will of one of the suspected September 11 hijackers. A station official said the tape was "old" but had apparently not been broadcast before.

ZAWAHRI: SEP. 11 WAS ACHIEVED BY THE WILL OF GOD

In the excerpt broadcast on Monday, bin Laden is seen sitting silently on a patch of grass next to his aide Ayman al-Zawahri, who said: "Those 19 brothers who went out and sacrificed their lives for God were rewarded with this victory.
"This is a great victory, which was in fact achieved by the will of God Almighty and not because of our skill or superiority," he said.

FULL TAPE TO BE AIRED TUESDAY

The videotape also included footage of Ahmed Alghamdi, a Saudi believed to be one of the 19 hijackers who piloted airliners in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

"It is high time that we killed Americans in their home," said Alghamdi, bearded and wearing a checkered Arab headdress. "Lord I regard myself as a martyr for you, so accept me as such."

An official at Jazeera said the full tape would be aired on Thursday.

The station said in a statement that Alghamdi's videotaped message was recorded in the Afghan city of Kandahar six months before the September 11 attacks, according to information on the film.

                                                                SOURCE: News Agencies

PHOTO CAPTION:

A television still from undated video footage released by Al-Jazeera TV on April 15, 2002, shows Osama bin Laden(R), chief suspect in September 11's attacks on the United States. The video reportedly shows bin Laden with an unidentified aid who praised the September 11 attacks as a "great victory". An official at Jazeera declined to say how they obtained the tape, but said the footage was taken post-September 11. (Al-Jazeera/Reuters)