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| US analysing 'new Bin Laden tape' | US analysing 'new Bin Laden tape' |
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| The US administration says it has a new video tape which purportedly shows al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, officials say. | The US administration says it has a new video tape which purportedly shows al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, officials say. |
| The government says it is studying the video to determine whether it contains new material. | The government says it is studying the video to determine whether it contains new material. |
| An Islamist website had earlier announced a tape would be released to coincide with the sixth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. | An Islamist website had earlier announced a tape would be released to coincide with the sixth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. |
| Bin Laden has not been seen in a video since October 2004. | Bin Laden has not been seen in a video since October 2004. |
| He did appear in footage on a militant website in July this year but the clip was undated and correspondents said it might be re-run footage. | |
| Website photograph | Website photograph |
| "We can confirm that the US government has the video and it is being analysed," a US official told Reuters news agency. | "We can confirm that the US government has the video and it is being analysed," a US official told Reuters news agency. |
| The Islamist website often carries messages from al-Qaeda's media arm. | The Islamist website often carries messages from al-Qaeda's media arm. |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri appears in a greater number of videos | |
| It said the video would probably be aired within 72 hours. | It said the video would probably be aired within 72 hours. |
| The site included a photograph which appeared to show Bin Laden had aged compared with previous pictures - although his beard looked dark rather than greying. | The site included a photograph which appeared to show Bin Laden had aged compared with previous pictures - although his beard looked dark rather than greying. |
| Correspondents say a new video would serve to dispel persistent rumours that the al-Qaeda leader has died. | Correspondents say a new video would serve to dispel persistent rumours that the al-Qaeda leader has died. |
| The US Department of Homeland Security said it had no credible information of an imminent threat in the wake of the video announcement. | |
| Deputy state department spokesman Tom Casey said: "I don't think that anything he is likely to say or do is going to change our resolve or the resolve of our international partners to confront extremism." | |
| In his October 2004 video, Bin Laden threatened new attacks against the US on the eve of the presidential election. | |
| Another tape - audio - was released in January 2006. It referred to identifiable events, including the situation in Somalia. | |
| Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in a greater number of videos, including one berating the Pakistani army's assault on radical Islamists in Islamabad's Red Mosque in July. |