Saudi Station Shows Another Version of Bin Laden Tape
Images of Osama bin Laden allegedly filmed in December and shots of Muslim fighters killed by American bombs were broadcast Wednesday across the Middle East on a Saudi-owned satellite station that says it received an Al Qaeda videotape.
The tape was broadcast by the Middle East Broadcast Corp. a day after the Qatar-based station Al Jazeera previewed a similar video. Both were compilations of various clips, including undated material, narration, graphics and news footage of the World Trade Center towers collapsing Sept. 11.
MBC’s tape, like the Al Jazeera excerpts, showed Bin Laden next to his top lieutenant, Ayman Zawahiri.
A U.S. official in Washington familiar with the broadcasts said the two tapes are different, though they contain some of the same footage.
MBC Chief Editor Nakhle Haj said the tape obtained by his station “best shows Al Qaeda’s involvement in masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks.”
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