Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast
Bin Laden seen on the video aired on al-Jazeera on 7 September 2006
Al-Jazeera did not say how it obtained the tape
Al-Jazeera's footage
Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast what it says is unseen footage of Osama Bin Laden meeting some of the 9/11 hijackers.
The channel said it showed al-Qaeda leaders "preparing for the attacks and practising their execution".
Bin Laden is seen walking outdoors in a mountainous area wearing a dark robe and white head gear.
The broadcast came four days before the fifth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks.
The footage also shows the al-Qaeda leader meeting senior figures Ramzi Binalshibh and Mohammed Atef.
Binalshibh was captured in 2002 and Atef was killed by a US air strike in Afghanistan in 2001.
Al-Jazeera also showed a tape said to be of the new al-Qaeda leader in Iraq urging Iraqis to join with insurgents.
The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, says he is confident victory will be achieved.
Mujahir is said to have taken over al-Qaeda in Iraq after the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June.
Al-Jazeera also showed "suicide" videos by two of the hijackers who crashed planes into the World Trade Center.
The station did not say how it obtained the videos.
On his tape, the alleged al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Mujahir, says: "I do not doubt for an instant victory."
He tells US forces not to be "proud of the number and the equipment", adding: "The war has just begun."
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