Two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, including ringleader Mohammed
Atta, were shown in a video posted Sunday on a British newspaper's
Website.
The hour-long video, dated Jan. 18, 2000, was made in
Afghanistan for release after their deaths, according to the Sunday
Times.
The paper said US and al-Qaida sources had verified the
authenticity of the tape, which showed Egyptian-born Atta and
Lebanese Ziad Jarrah laughing and joking, before turning serious
and speaking intently to a camera.
There is no sound on the tape and lip-readers have failed to
decipher their words, the paper said.
It was the first to show Atta and Jarrah together, and helped
fill in a gap in the chronology of Atta's life.
Atta flew one of the planes that slammed into New York's World
Trade Center, while Jarrah piloted United Airlines flight 93 that
crashed into a Pennsylvania field.
The paper said it obtained the video through "a previously
tested channel," without giving details.
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(Xinhua News Agency October 2, 2006)
