U.S. official confirms voice on Al-Qaida tape is Osama bin Laden’s - Haaretz - Israel News
September 8, 2007 5:46 am Bin Laden StatementsU.S. official confirms voice on Al-Qaida tape is Osama bin Laden’s, AP,Haaretz, September 8, 2007
Technical analysis suggests the voice on a new Al-Qaida video aired by Al-Jazeera on Friday is that of Osama bin Laden, a U.S. intelligence official said.
The Al-Qaida leader appeared for the first time in three years in a videotape released ahead of the 6th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end, according to a transcript of the video by ABC News.
“Initial technical analysis suggests that the voice on the videotape is indeed that of Osama bin Laden,” the U.S. official said, adding that he had no analysis of bin Laden’s physical appearance on the tape.