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Al-Qaeda has issued a new video featuring footage of one of the 9/11 hijackers speaking his last will and testament.
The tape, issued on the sixth anniversary of the terror attacks on America, features footage of Waleed al-Shehri, a Saudi terrorist whose task was to intimidate the passengers and crew aboard Flight 11 as ringleader Mohammad Atta piloted it into the first of the Twin Towers.
The young man, dressed in traditional Islamic robe and headgear, has been superimposed by the video's editors against a backdrop of the World Trade Center burning.
"We shall come at you from your front and back, your right and left,” al-Shehri says in the tape, asserting that America would suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union. He also praises the losses the United States suffered in Somalia in the late 1990s.
“As for our own fortune, it is not in this world,” he continues.
“And we are not competing with you for this world, because it does not equal in Allah’s eyes the wing of a mosquito.”
The tape – titled The Wills Of The Heroes Of The Raids On New York And Washington, The Will Of The Martyr (As We See Him) Abu Mus'ab Waleed al-Shehri, With A Forward By Sheikh Osama bin Laden – has been obtained by IntelCenter, a US body that monitors Islamic militant websites.
Laura Mansfield, a terrorism analyst who has viewed the tape, said that the first 14 minutes were apparently a still image of Osama bin Laden with a soundtrack of the al-Qaeda leader's voice praising the hijackers, followed by the footage of al-Shehri.
“This talk of mine consists of some reflections on the will of a young man who personally penetrated the most extreme degrees of danger and is a rarity among men: one of the 19 champions (may Allah have mercy on them all),” says what purports to be bin Laden's voice.
“Abu Mus’ab and his brothers made a covenant with Allah that they would be victorious for his religion and they were true to their covenant and they died without having changed.”
Video wills recorded by suicide bombers before they carry out their fatal attacks are a potent part of the myth-making surrounding Islamic terror.
Memorial services and candlelit vigils are being held across America today to commemorate the victims. In New York, the names of the dead were once again being read out, in a ceremony at a park close to Ground Zero. The roll call of names will halt four times, to mark the times when each tower was hit, and when it fell.
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Religious people share a delusion: there is an invisible, unseen, unheard guy "up there" somewhere; the most delusional think they are being controlled like a puppet. Hearing someone claiming to have a "convenant" with this invisible little man would be laughable if it weren't for the sad fact that they use these delusions to justify murder and suicide to themselves and their friends, then actually do it. It's high time we classified strong religious belief as mental illness, so these people can be considered in their rightful context.
Eric , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
i disagree, we should not stop showing these videos....it's important for americans to remember this tragic event - too often we seem to forget and let our guard down - it's then we're taken advantage of. let these videos be a constant reminder of our failure to protect our own.
simpson, si, ny
Who cares about the will and testament of a criminal. Besides, the final chapter in it is about to be rewritten by "we the people"!
m.J., Iowa, U.S.A.
Isn't it obvious Bin Laden's beard is a fake. Its a fraud I tell you. He must be clean shaven as it helps to avoid detection when you've got a $50 million bounty on you head.
It must be fake.
Warren, Southport, Merseyside
It is becoming a middle-age stories with those BinLaden Videos. Anything prooves their authenticity, except the evidences given by the CIA of course.
Name Withheld, Sheffield, UK
This is rediculous. How could someone who was in the plane on 9/11, the same "plane" that crashed into the twin towers, be able to do a video afterwards. If he was REALLY in the plane, then he would of died when it crashed into the twin towers. How stupid do you think people are? He has a picture of the twin towers on fire behind him, so it's obvious that its after 9/11. PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY IDIOTIC!! IF HE WAS INTERIGATING THE PASSENGERS HE WOULD BE ALIVE AFTER BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE PLANE THAT CRASHED!!
Think about it!
Jenn, London, England
If this is Osama Bin laden then I am spider man!! I was just saying the other day how interesting it has been we have not heard anything from Osama in nearly three years and lo and behold he conveniently shows up near 9/11. how could this media junky stay away from the camera all this time??? hhhmmm...will the real osama please stand up!! or is he not around to stand up anymore??
Tomas Klug, Vienna, Austria
Maybe someone needs to send the FBI and Osama Ben Laden a copy of the BBC report that states and confirms Waleed al Shehri is still alive and well, living in Morocco...
Yes, Waleed al Shehri trained to fly jets in the U.S., but left before the 9/11 hijackings. He continued his flight training in Saudi Arabia, and is now training in Morocco...
Google Waleed al Shehri and find the info yourself, or see the BBC report at the link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm
Dan, Allen, Texas, USA
Bin Laden has shot himself in the foot here by showing ancient footage of the 9/11 murderer. The poor sod obviously thought that the West would crumble after his "spectacular". Six years later, it's clear that the only thing that was spectacular was the extent of his separation from reality.
William, London,
Since eternal life, glory and hundreds of wives are promised by Osama Bin Laden to all those unfortunate young men he brainwashes and persuades to kill themselves (as well as hundreds of thousands of innocent people), why doesn't he do it himself. If I was them I'd sincerely question the motives of a man who isn't prepared to lead by example!!!
J Long, Croydon, UK
14 minutes of a still image if Al Sheikh Usama bin Muhammad bin Ladin. Right. They had him stuffed after he died, they dress him up like a Barbie doll whenever they feel like it, and they found a sound-alike for the recordings.
René, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The way to stop all this fear of Bin Laden and all these threats are simple.. Stop airing them until we have found and caught Bin Laden not only will that stop Bin Laden but may also bring him out of that hole and reveil his ugly face.. that is that only way i would think that getting rid of such a "BIG" terroist threat in the USA
Anthony DiMeo, Middleton,
osama who? We are giving this creep entirely too much press!!!!
jim gray, tampa,
why is this murdering ape being given the 'oxygen of publicity'?
if you went round the jails, i'm sure you'd find most murder convicts have their justifications.
rob, tenby, wales
Like all good muslim martyrs he is dead, deceased, no more. He was just another brainwashed killer who has thrown away his life out of sheer gullibility. Save the coverage for a worthy person.
David Smith, Stourbridge, UK