Al Qaeda finally gets its cowardly anniversary video out

CNN:

In a video marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, al Qaeda's top leader in Afghanistan vows more "large-scale" attacks against the United States and its allies.

In another segment, the personal adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Omar says al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is alive and well. Al Qaeda leaders featured on the video promise more violence against their enemies.

"We inform the forces of the Cross and their apostate agents that the Mujahedeen's policy in the coming stage, God permitting, is going to be more major, large-scale attacks like the Kandahar prison operation, the Nuristan raid, the Sarobi ambush and Khost airport operation in which approximately 50 Americans and 100 apostates were killed and four helicopters were hit and destroyed," Mustafa Abu al-Yazid says.

CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the video posted on jihadi Web sites, purportedly by al Qaeda's video production arm, As Sahab.

The well-being of bin Laden, and the possibility of his demise, are frequently in question. But in the video, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Rahmani, adviser to Mullah Omar, says, "Sheikh Osama is healthy and well, and we ask God to protect him, and we pray to God to preserve him and foil the attempts if the enemies of the Nation to reach him."

Mullah Omar has been on the U.S. military's most-wanted list since a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban rulers from Afghanistan in 2001.

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Note none of these guys can afford to hold a public meeting much less a press availability so they wind up cowering in front of a camera while pretending to be strong. The rants don't change much. They could have just used a rerun from last year.

We do get some third hand hearsay on the well being of Osama bin Laden. It seems to imply that Mullah Omar is in contact with the cowardly terrorist. Mullah Omar's adviser looks like he is worth watching.

ABC News says the US deliberate interfered with al Qaeda's attempt to run their video.

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... intelligence sources say the US, with help from German and Malaysian authorities, were able to disrupt al Qaeda's normal internet release method.

"It's something we've been trying to do for some time," said former CIA intelligence officer John Kiriakou, an ABC News consultant.

Intelligence sources say the US has made major strides in infiltrating the al Qaeda internet distribution network and chose to use its knowledge this year to keep the 9/ll tape from coming out immediately.

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I think we are getting better with the mind games and staying inside their OODA loop.