New al Qaeda Video Released

The new AQ video announced Thursday is out - looks like the focus of their threats is on embassies and consulates. The Blotter has an item, as well.

via CNN and Laura Mansfield:

The video begins with a computer animation sequence showing a reproduction of the March 2006 attack on a US Embassy vehicle in Karachi, Pakistan, that killed four people including one American diplomat. In the attack, an explosives-packed car rammed a vehicle carrying the American diplomat.

The animated reenactment shows a white subcompact car backing from a parking place into the target vehicle, which is displaying small American flags. Most of the video is focused on the suicide bomber who carried out that 2006 attack.

The video includes footage of the aftermath of the US Embassy bombings in Africa in 1998, the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Madrid bombings in 2003, and the London bombings in 2005.

The video also includes footage from Osama bin Laden and Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri, and includes a lengthy statement from the young man who committed the suicide attack on the US diplomat.

A more detailed description and analysis will be uploaded shortly.

Comments

[Bill Adkins]

Hold the phone - I'll get the popcorn.