Sept 11 2007 Osama bin Laden video

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2004 video still: bin Laden sports a trimmer, blacker beard in the new video.^[1]

6 days after the September 6, 2007 Osama bin Laden video on September 11, 2007, the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, a second video produced As-Sahab appeared purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden to 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri.

In the video, a voice indentified as bin Laden's delivers the 14-minute introduction. The voice is heard over a still picture of bin Laden, dressed and groomed as he appears in the September 6, 2007 video. The 33-minute balance of the recording is a video will read by al-Shehri.^[2]

Some mainstream media outlets say that video lasts 47-minutes. ^[3]

The title of the video is 'The Wills of the Heroes of the Raids on New York and Washington.' ^[4]

According to CNN reporter Octavia Nasr:

"Although CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of the video, it did feature the logo of As-Sahab Media, the company that traditionally handles al Qaeda communications to the public. The 47-minute videotape was obtained by terrorism expert Laura Mansfield before it was to appear on several Islamist Web sites known for carrying statements from al Qaeda and other radical groups." ^[5]

The voice over is spoken in Arabic and is heard over a still picture of Osama bin Laden and contains English subtitles.

Nasr goes on to state that:

"The balance of the recording is a video well read by al-Shehri, with 9/11 symbols in the background. He is the seventh of the 19 hijackers to appear in such a will since the terrorist attacks" and that "The voice and picture in the video sound and appear similar to a bin Laden video released late last week."

There is no indication that any part of the video was recorded recently. The only element tying it to somewhat-current events is in the introduction and the mention of the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed during a U.S. raid in June 2006.

For several weeks, radical Islamist Web sites have been announcing that there would be "good news soon from Sheikh Osama bin Laden."