The Arab television channel Al-Jazeera broadcast Thursday video footage it said showed Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda suicide candidates preparing the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.
Al-Jazeera had said earlier it would broadcast "video that included scenes showing for the first time al Qaeda leaders preparing the September 11 attacks and practicing for their execution."
The video showed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and two of the 19 Islamist militants that took part in the attacks, Saudi nationals Hamza el-Ramdi and Wael el-Shemari. The two bearded men spoke of the situation faced by Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya. Bin Laden was shown in the company of several dozen men, walking in a deserted, rocky zone that was not identified.