Al-Jazeera's New Osama Bin Laden Video - UPDATE 2

[Tesibria]

http://www.trackingterrorism.com/Default.asp?dismode=article&artid=670

...As we have said earlier, we have confirmed the actual existence of this new Osama Bin Laden video. Al-Jazeera is currently still on an embargo for a few more hours and cannot air any portion of this video tape. They have been put on embargo by the US Government wishing to investigate the video tape before its release.

Al-Jazeera Television's embargo is similar to what we saw last week with the original Osama Bin Laden video. After US Government review, Al-Jazeera chose only to air 5 minutes of the entire 18 minute video. Al-Jazeera will be presented again with the option of airing any portion of this new video tape. In the past, Al-Jazeera Television has never sat on any message from Osama Bin Laden for more than 24 hours.

Currently, the airing of this video tape is in the hands of Al-Jazeera. While it is very likely that they may air the tape immediately following the embargo, it is also likely that they'll sit on it for another day or two. We have again attempted to speak with Al-Jazeera regarding the video tape, but however they appear to be on a gag order and cannot release any additional information about the tape's existence.

We can assure you that it does exist and soon we will all being seeing it on national TV. The tape is said to be currently leaked online on a few remote and highly secret Al-Qaeda Websites. Militants are already praising its release, making comments such as "Soon the American People will see the edited version". We hope that by making the tape's existence known publicly prior to the national media, that we do indeed see the entire tape as it could be crucial to the future of the United States. We do not believe in suppression by the US Government in something as significant as an OBL tape.

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[byronm]

1. Al-Jazeera site on it?

I don't believe it :)

[Tesibria]

3. they did last week - for 24 hours ... nt

[skylarmae]

2. if it wanted to, could the government shut down this site?

embargo from the truth, put there by the US Government.... I tell you I just don't know what's going on.

[Robert Oak]

5. no kidding plus

Looks like the psychopath from the sand has set up a major media
studio...

they can't trace this out?

Scary, shows intelligence is nowhere.

[jobycom]

4. Dammit, it's my country, not Bush's!!!

Why the hell do they believe they can withhold information from us? God damn paternalistic fascists!

We need a real free press. That's my mantra from now until we get it.

[Mz Pip]

7. This is called

"Keeping America Safe." <sarcasm>

Out of site out of mind. Therefore we are safe. Bush believes it. The who voted for him seem to believe it too.

I wonder how Bush will explain away the next attack on us. It will a little late to blame Clinton's penis again.

MzPip
:dem:

[berni_mccoy]

6. If I lived in a Red State...

I'd be moving, real soon. The interpretation of OBL's first threat just before the election was literally taken as states that vote for Bush can not have their security gauranteed. Thank God NH went Blue.

[Career Prole]

15. See here re: translation of "state"...

http://www.juancole.com/2004_11_01_juancole_archive.html#109938356137329197

[ilovenicepeople]

16. I believe that the purpose of the OBL tape is...

to tie the left portion of your country with the goals of Asama.Just ask yourself if you agree with what he was saying in the video,and how would that look to the "domestic enemy"? If their state was attacked and democratic states were left alone."They must be supporting bin Laden,we can't trust them."

[maddezmom]

8. someone please explain the "embargo" to me?

is it a threat that they will be bombed or shut down?

[mark0rama]

9. Embargo is a term used by news outlets

It's an agreement to refrain from publishing content for an agreed-upon period of time.

On edit, an example:

If you subscribe to a car magazine, you may see a big, splashy cover story on a new model of car, just days after the car's manufacturer announced it. Of course, in order to get the magazine out, their editorial staff was provided with advance details, photos, a chance to test-drive, all that good stuff, but in exchange for the access, they had to agree not to publish anything they learned until a certain date. That's an embargo.

[maddezmom]

10. k, but what does Al Jazeera get in return??

edited to add: Thanks for the explaination...just trying to figure why AJ would hold back.

[Ducks In A Row]

12. not getting shut down or bombed by bush**

it's like bin laden wants AJ to get screwed by bush** for the recruits it will bring to bl

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. trackingterrorism.com is a bulletin board, not a news source

and this particular story is just a rumour that has been started by one of the members (that's why they call it 'TT exclusive').

This does not belong in LBN. Please stop taking the rumour seriously.

[maddezmom]

14. thank you muriel

[Nordic]

13. wonder how Bushco will edit this one?

[Moderator]

17. Locking

We'd like to see this reported by a reputable news source before we allow it back in LBN. So far, no one else has picked up on the story, and the tape hasn't surfaced either. Feel free to repost in a different forum.