“The video shows a still of bin Laden while the audio statement plays. There is no video footage of bin Laden or of anything else, aside from the graphics surrounding his still. There is no media footage or footage from other groups,” IntelCenter said.
The group described the release as “an address to the American public” and said bin Laden typically releases such a statement annually around September or October.
While we wait for more… Tony Karon in Time on why Osama bin Laden failed:
He may have eluded justice and the long reach of the world’s most powerful military force; his followers may (and probably will) strike again at some point in the future, near or distant; but history’s verdict on Osama bin Laden has been in for some time now: al-Qaeda failed. [READ ON]