Apparently ABC News has found a tape that has scared them enough for them to submit it to the CIA for further analysis.
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television submitted a videocassette to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for examination. The cassette, which was obtained in Pakistan, includes Al Qaeda statements regarding the organization of a new large-scale attack against the United States.
ABC Vice President Jeffrey Schneider said it would be irresponsible to broadcast the video while its authenticity has not yet been determined.
A source aware of the content says a masked person introducing himself as “Assam the American” in fluent English said: “The streets will run with blood” and that the September 11th incident will be nothing compared to the new attack.”
This blurb was taken from a Turkish web site, but read the full ABC News posting and see part of the video here.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2004 - A man describing himself as an American member of al Qaeda says a new wave of terror attacks against the United States could come “at any moment,” according to a videotape obtained by ABC News.
The tape was acquired by ABC News last Friday from a source known to have Taliban and al Qaeda contacts in the tribal region of Pakistan. ABC paid the source $500 in transportation fees.
While CIA officials say they have not been able to authenticate the 75-minute tape, an agency spokesman says it “appears to have been produced by al Qaeda’s media organization, al Sahab productions.” The tape is marked with the same logo and graphics seen on previous videos released by al Qaeda.
The man on the tape is identified only as “Azzam the American.” U.S. officials say they had not previously known of the nom de guerre. His face is never fully visible and he makes no reference to where in the United States he might have lived.
“No, my fellow countrymen you are guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. You are as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You’re as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell,” he says in what he calls his message to America. “After decades of American tyranny and oppression, now it’s your turn to die. Allah willing, the streets of America will run red with blood matching drop for drop the blood of America’s victims.”
Senior administration officials told ABC News tonight that copies of the tape are being provided to all 13 current and former administration figures mentioned by name in the tape, and that the tape is being shown to captured al Qaeda leaders in U.S. custody to see if they can identify the man on the tape.
EDIT: Fox News has evidently obtained an independent copy of the tape that ABC News found and you can watch portions of it for free (ironically, unlike over at ABC) here.
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