Osama bin Laden, his deputy and a man identified as a Sept. 11 attacker were shown in brief video excerpts aired Monday by the Qatar-based satellite station Al-Jazeera. The deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, was shown claiming the Sept. 11 attacks as a "great victory."
An Al-Jazeera official told The Associated Press the tapes were received a few days ago at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar. Al-Jazeera said it would air the complete tapes Thursday.
The excerpts aired by the Arab station Monday were part of a series of clips from what appeared to be videotapes from bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. In one, bin Laden and al-Zawahri kneeled side-by-side. Only al-Zawahri was shown speaking.
Al-Jazeera also showed a man identified as one of the Sept. 11 hijackers speaking to the camera. The man was identified only as Alghamdi. The FBI has identified two of the 19 hijackers as Hamza Alghamdi and Ahmed Alghamdi.
"Those 19 brothers who went out and worked and sacrificed their lives for God, God granted this conquest that we enjoy today," Zawahri said in the other tape.
"The great victory that was achieved was because of God's help and not because of our efficiency or power," Zawahri said.
The man identified as the suicide attacker said: "It's time to kill Americans in their heartland." He wore military fatigues over a black shirt and a black-and-white checked scarf wrapped around his head. He sat before what appeared to be a photo montage showing the World Trade Center in flames.
Al-Jazeera said that recording was made months before the attack. (Albawaba.com)
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