New and threatening messages have been received from al-Qaida. There's a videotape aimed at American and Saudia Arabian rulers and another that includes what appears to be well-produced footage of the 9/11 attacks - raising still other questions.
...Terrorism analyst Ben Venzke, who supplies material to U.S. law enforcement, downloaded the material from a known al-Qaida Web site: "It's significant that al-Qaida is training terrorists within Saudi Arabia because it would appear they are preparing for a continued campaign of regular strikes both against the Saudi regime and Western interests," Venzke said.
...The tape appears to be real, because it was posted late Wednesday night on a known al-Qaida Web site - produced by a company that has made other bin Laden tapes. The tape also contains what U.S. counterterror experts say may be never-before-broadcast video of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center shot from across the East River in Brooklyn. The FBI says it is familiar with the video, which was provided by a friendly bystander. article
Huh? Provided by a friendly bystander? Then who shot the film?
But that raises the question - how did a tape that was not widely circulated end up on a known al-Qaida site?
Well, I have one possibility. Somewhere within the last couple of months I saw a pretty good article about the likelihood that a purported Islamist website was actually a disinformation site run by a U.S. intelligence agency. I thought sure I had posted on that, but I can't find it now. I'll keep looking.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Friday, December 05, 2003
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