CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 7, 2006

Video Shows Bin Laden, 9/11 Hijackers

Al-Jazeera Airs TapeThat Apparently Shows Terror Chief With 9/11 Plotters

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(CBS/AP)  Al-Jazeera aired Thursday previously unshown footage of the preparations for the Sept. 11 attacks in which al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the planners and hijackers in a mountain camp in Afghanistan.

The station did not say how it obtained the video, which was produced by As-Sahab, al Qaeda's media branch.

The video included the last will and testaments of two of the hijackers, Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi.

CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart reports that the CIA is examining this tape frame by frame, and agency officials aren't certain as of yet if any of it is new.

The footage was the fourth in a series of long videos that al Qaeda has put out to memorialize the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the Pentagon and World Trade Center, said Ben Venzke, head of IntelCenter, a private U.S. company that monitors militant message traffic and provides counterterrorism intelligence services for the American government.

The previous ones were issued in April and September 2002 and September 2003, each showing footage from the planning of the suicide hijackings and testimonies from some of the hijackers, Venzke told The Associated Press.

In the latest video, bin Laden is shown sitting outside in what appears to be a mountain camp with his former lieutenant Mohammed Atef and Ramzi Binalshibh, another suspected planner of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Atef, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri, was killed by a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan in 2001. Binalshibh was captured four years ago in Pakistan and is currently in U.S. custody, and this week President George W. Bush announced plans to put him on military trial.

The U.S. government said Binalshibh intended to be one of the 9/11 hijackers, but failed to gain entry into the United States, reports CBS News correspondent Dan Raviv.

In the tape, Bin Laden, wearing a dark robe and white head gear, strolls through the camp, greeting dozens of followers, some masked, some barefaced, many carrying automatic weapons.

Al-Jazeera said that among those he greets in the footage are several of the 9-11 hijackers in the scene, but their faces were not clear and it was not immediately known which ones are shown.

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by tomflint69 September 10, 2006 2:47 PM EDT
To: Helmeto who said:
So, in short we are supposed to believe that this bunch of some animal handlers were behind 9/11 attacks?? Please do not make me Laugh!!
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This is the mistake we common people often make. The answers is a big YES. In fact these animal handlers often include qualified people who are formally educated and doctors/engineers in their countries; its another thing that they hide and live like people who lived 1000 years back from now. Yet another problem is the concern that they easily brain wash educated people in our countries, you can see in every street talking in their favour! ..... unfortunately these animal handlers are a real problem and yes they carried out bombings. Further if we strictly talk about it from point of view of terrorism, for some one to become a terrorist he/she need not get formal education or live like a well mannered person in a civilised society or place. You will find evil almost any where; in any circumstances.

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by thebuldge September 8, 2006 3:41 PM EDT
Bin Laden is a figment of the Bush administrations imagination. He's the BOOGEYMAN that George Bush pulls out of his magic hat everytime he thinks he and his party are in trouble. He always seems to pop up at the most convenient times. Bush uses him to scare the sheep back to the flock. It's all psychological.
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by mjv2944 September 8, 2006 11:26 AM EDT
bin laden and that whole lot are nothing but murderers using God as the justifier.
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by mjv2944 September 8, 2006 11:25 AM EDT
bin laden and that whole lot are nothing but murderers using God as the justifier.
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 8:49 AM EDT
I feel so sorry about Mr. or Ms fryken who is one of those whose knowledge seem to be limited to BEER,BASE BALL and BREAST.FRYKEN wants to talk about BID LADEN AND TERRIORISM but doesn't know why terriorism and binladen started and why they achieving succes against us.Root of all the problems to US is the Palestinian-european conflict.The people who gives us oil in cheaper prices hate us because of US support to the illegitimate and unjustified existance of Israel.The RADICAL,RACIST and UNJUST CHRISTIAN IDEOLOGY which consider Americans as GOD NEGLECTED and EUROPEAN INVADERS IN PALESTINE as GOD CHOOSEN because of the race they born in is killing America adn Americans but I feel so sorry about people like you who don't have enough common sense to understand these even when told in simplest terms.Noproblem what any body's religion is as long as its not brought into politics
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by helmeto September 8, 2006 3:39 AM EDT
Infact some Stateless People claim God chose them "above all people on the face of the earth".. This unreasonable, unrealistic and non-sensical thought can only have foundations in some bitterly twisted Racist Brains!!


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by helmeto September 8, 2006 3:23 AM EDT
So, in short we are supposed to believe that this bunch of some animal handlers were behind 9/11 attacks??

Please do not make me Laugh!!
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by fryken-2009 September 8, 2006 2:28 AM EDT
God chosen , God neglected, European invaders!?!
This is about Bin Laden and terrorism, not a war campaign poster for world war II. Who cares about Palastine, I may not be the smartest person , but I haven't heard of an American dying for that cause in quit awhile. If your trying to make a corrolation me thinks your lost. I liked your defenition of a patriot, beyond that, God chosen, God neglected, European invaders, you sound as if your regurgitating something you have read because all you have done is repeat the same chant, WOW!!
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 2:16 AM EDT
It wasn't Sir Bill Clinton who supported,given money,training and weapon to Bin Laden but a Conservative,racist and unjust Republican president name Ronald Reagan bc these republicans and Bin Laden have same ideology.They both are against the homosexual people right to marry when heterosexual are allowed which is sexual orientaion based discrimination.They both're religious extremists who want to impose their radical views on the people.They both against women's equal rights.They both agianst abortion,etc.
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 2:10 AM EDT
Mr. Fryken you are so good in spelling please tell me where is that word drivel came form in the english language.I won't say that you have come from wood because I believe in respecting human beings except racist people.All the human beings are GOD NEGLECTED people because of not being born in a race choosen by GOD so they've not been promised a single penny from GOD.Those Europeans who've been brought in middle east after WWII are GOD CHOOSEN PEOPLE bc of being born in a race choosen by GOD that's why been promised a land there.Human beings should't be treated according to their actions but should be treated as GOD CHOOSEN or GOD NEGLECTED on the basis of race they belong to.This is called INJUSTICE AND RACISM.
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by fryken-2009 September 8, 2006 2:08 AM EDT
Patriotic9, describes what a true patriot is, loyal to the U.S., it's people and constitution, the Clintonites could learn a few things. So, let's ban together America and rid this world of the Bin Ladens and the Clinton fanatics, which is the same thing
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 2:00 AM EDT
The fanatical ideas are of those people who believe in RACISM and INJUSTICE against the people of US.Who think that GOD NEGLECTED Americans should work day and night to pay tax to US govt. and the GOD CHOOSEN European invaders in Palestine should snacth more then 3B$ from that money to kill those who give oil to us in cheaper prices.You can spell right but can't think.If you're able to think then just explain to me SHOULD WE SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN INVADERS IN PALESTINE ON THE COST OF AMERICAN MONEY AND AMERICAN LIVES BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE GOD NEGLECTED AND THE EUROPEAN INVADERS IN PALESTINE ARE GOD CHOOSEN or to care about American interest which is based on the oil given by their enemies
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 1:53 AM EDT
A true patriotic is the one who is loyal to US,it's people and it's constitution which forbids involvement of religion into politics by separating church from state.Any body who thinks that Americans're GOD NEGLECTED and European invaders in Palestine who don't live in US,don't pay tax to US,only cause hatred,terriorism and 9/11 against US are GOD CHOOSEN is the enemy of the people of USA.If Americans've not been promised a single penny from GOD because of the race they're born in and the European invaders in palestine've been promised a land in the middle east,this is a racial discrimination and animosty aginst US and it's people.
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by fryken-2009 September 8, 2006 1:21 AM EDT
Terminalman1 thinks BinLaden is nothing more than a boogey man, this is whats wrong in America. Maybe you should study up on the devistation your so called boogey man has caused to your country, then again , maybe your not from , or should not be in this country. The boogey man should visit you.
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by fryken-2009 September 8, 2006 1:15 AM EDT
Patriotic9, you should rethink your name, Patriot? I think not , you speak nothing but true fanatical drivel. Nothing you said has anything to do with the subject. Also , try using spell check for you sound as if you just came out of the woods. Welcome to civilization
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by patriotic9 September 8, 2006 12:16 AM EDT
Thousands of americans were killed on 9/11 because unintentionally their tax money was goin to support those Europeans who were brought in2 Palestine after
WWII to occupy their land by force but the most dangerous enemies of US who dont believe in the constitution which separates church from state wants to support the existance of Israel on the cost of American money and American lives because Americans are GOD NEGLECTED and European invaders in Palestine are GOD CHOOSEN.That's why its the responsibility of GOD NEGLECTED Americans to pay tax and the right of GOD NEGLECTED EUROPEANS to snatch more then 3B$ for the killing of those people who give us oil.All this on the name of GOD whose existance is not proven by scientific evidence.
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by jws81545 September 7, 2006 11:21 PM EDT
You can't imagine how mad I am and how truly out-of-touch I think you newspeople are with this war on Terror. It's war, STUPID!!! They want to kill YOU!! - and every other American they can - and what do you do? Help those (al Qaeda) who want to carry out the plot - well may it happen to you first!! It is not even noteworthy to put a historical, biased propaganda piece of Al-Jazeera trash tape from the enemy like you aired tonight. YOU IDIOTS!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? - OH, BUT YOU DON'T THINK - UNLESS IT IS ABOUT RATINGS. PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY!! YOU DESERVE ALL THE PAIN THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!They'll be back, just elect some more sissy Democrats. If you want a terrorist for a neighbor, vote Democratic!!
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by terminalman1-2009 September 7, 2006 9:56 PM EDT
Give it up Katie. I give you 1 yr at the most.
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by terminalman1-2009 September 7, 2006 9:55 PM EDT
Whenever the CHIMP feels he or the Republican party are in trouble he pulls out the BOOGEYMAN Osama Bin Laden. It's all psychological and the sheep fall for it everytime with the help of the stooge media.
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by thebuldge September 7, 2006 9:52 PM EDT
Rush LIMPBOWEL is a moron. The drugs he's been on are cooking his brain.
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