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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (9852)	9/7/2007 10:18:18 AM
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New Videotape From Bin Laden; Al Qaeda's No. 1 Still Alive September 07, 2007 9:23 AM Brian Ross Reports: Intelligence sources tell ABC News they believe the expected video message from Osama bin Laden is authentic, recently produced and evidence the al Qaeda leader is still alive. U.S. authorities now say they have a transcript which they say is aimed at potential suicide bombers who he urges to carry out missions against the West. Good Morning America Video: Bin Laden Alive? The jihadist Web site announced the tape with a banner, showing a still picture of bin Laden, now 50 years old, looking fit with a full beard of dark black hair, no gray at all. "It does look oddly like he is wearing a false beard," Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterrorism official and now ABC News consultant, said. "If we go back to the tape three years, he had a very white beard. This looks like a phony beard that has been passed on." The "phony beard" may be an important clue as to where bin Laden is hiding, according to Clarke. "One place where a beard would stand out would be southeast Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia," Clarke told ABC News. "No one's thought he was there, but that is an environment where most men, Muslim men don't have beards." U.S. officials say there is little doubt the al Qaeda leader timed his latest message to the 9/11 anniversary. "He came up on this occasion to prove he's alive, to taunt us and to take advantage of the 9/11 remembrance ceremonies to get some propaganda," Clarke said. The actual videotape – bin Laden's first in 35 months since October 2004 – is expected to be released in the next few days or hours. Sources in the intelligence community, who are already busy analyzing the image of bin Laden for clues of his whereabouts, say the tape is likely to be a direct message to Americans.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (9852)	9/7/2007 10:20:11 AM
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Pakistan 'prostitutes' beheaded Suspected Islamic militants in north-western Pakistan have beheaded two women they accused of being prostitutes, police say. The bodies of the two women were found by villagers on the outskirts of the city of Bannu. A note found on the bodies accused the women of "acts of obscenity", a term that usually refers to prostitution. The region is a known base for militants who want to impose their interpretation of Islamic law. Police said the women were travelling in a three-wheeled vehicle when masked and armed men overpowered them and bundled them into a car. Senior district police officer Dar Khattak told Reuters news agency it was the first time militants had directly targeted and killed women in the region. The note read: "We have started doing this to end obscenity in the area." Music and movie shops in the region have also been targeted by militants. Militant attacks in the north-west have increased since the army ousted radical Islamists from the Red Mosque in the capital, Islamabad, in July. More than 100 people were killed in the operation. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2007/09/07 13:55:44 GMT