The U.S. government is analyzing a new video of Osama Bin Laden made for the 6th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said a TV report.
Quoting an anonymous government official, CNN said the video is undergoing assessment whether it really shows bin Laden, head of the al-Qaida group, and it is a new or old one.
But Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff remained amphibolous about the report that the government has obtained the video, only saying the government would follow a standard procedure to analyze any tapes it receives.
Bin Laden, who tops the U.S. wanted list, has disappeared from video since October 2004 when he was last seen in a video statement before the 2004 U.S. presidential election. His last audiotape was released in July 2006, in which he vowed to fight the United States across the world.
He returned to the screen on Thursday when U.S. officials found on militant websites an Arabic ad for the new video that was set to be released to mark anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks.
However, Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said later Thursday that U.S. government had received no "credible information" about any imminent threat to the country.
Source: Xinhua
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