Bin Laden appeared again with a makeover

After nearly three years of silence Bin Laden appeared in a video and proved the rumors of his death was false. The video of al Qaeda leader was released on September 7, 2007 in a website.

This time he has dyed his beard from gray to black and ditched his military camouflage jacket for Arabic robes.

There has been lot of speculation on why this video has appeared after such a long time. Some say it might be an indication that new attacks are around. Some other think he just want to convey message that he is still the leader of al Qaeda.

Despite the lack of dramatic content, analysts said they could not rule out the possibility that bin Laden’s first appearance since the eve of the 2004 U.S. presidential election was a rallying cry for a new attack. (Reuters)

Here is the video posted by AlJazeeraEnglish in YouTube

Excerpts from the recording of the speech in the video as posted by AlJazeera website:

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