BinLadenTape2003

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After the announcement of a new peace plan of Germany and France, only a few days later, on February 11th, 2003, all for a sudden, a new audio tape by Bin Laden was aired by the Qatar-based TV station al-Jazeera. First the station denied that it had such a bin Laden message and said that it was a rumor that has been circulating for several weeks. Then they confirmed and broacasted it. One day later it was reported, that there was yet another video. On February 13th, the Guardian reported, that the US knew about the latest bin Laden tape five days before it was broadcast. http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,894482,00.html This may clear up the mystery of how Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, had access to a transcript of the tape long before staff at al-Jazeera even became aware of its existence. Early on Tuesday Mr Powell told a Senate panel that the tape provided evidence of Bin Laden's "partnership with Iraq" and would be shown by the Arab channel later that day. A MSNBC article was scrubbed to clear this message. http://www.farleyfiles.com/content/scrubbed.htm