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| Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting some of the 9/11 hijackers. | Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting some of the 9/11 hijackers. |
| The channel said it showed al-Qaeda leaders "preparing for the attacks and practising their execution". | The channel said it showed al-Qaeda leaders "preparing for the attacks and practising their execution". |
| Bin Laden is seen walking outdoors in a mountainous area wearing a dark robe and white head gear. | |
| The broadcast came four days before the fifth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. | |
| The footage also shows the al-Qaeda leader meeting senior figures Ramzi Binalshibh and Mohammed Atef. | |
| Binalshibh was captured in 2002 and Atef was killed by a US air strike in Afghanistan in 2001. | |
| Al-Jazeera also showed a tape said to be of the new al-Qaeda leader in Iraq urging Iraqis to join with insurgents. | Al-Jazeera also showed a tape said to be of the new al-Qaeda leader in Iraq urging Iraqis to join with insurgents. |
| The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, says he is confident victory will be achieved. | The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, says he is confident victory will be achieved. |
| Mujahir is said to have taken over al-Qaeda in Iraq after the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June. | Mujahir is said to have taken over al-Qaeda in Iraq after the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June. |
| Al-Jazeera also showed "suicide" videos by two of the hijackers who crashed planes into the World Trade Center. | |
| The station did not say how it obtained the videos. | |
| On his tape, the alleged al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Mujahir, says: "I do not doubt for an instant victory." | |
| He tells US forces not to be "proud of the number and the equipment", adding: "The war has just begun." |