The Arabic television network Al-Arabiya aired a videotape purportedly by Al Qaeda that shows terrorists training for attacks on the United States and on coalition troops in the mountains of Afghanistan.
U.S. intelligence officials believe the tape is authentic. The two-hour tape, which Al-Arabiya (search) described as a documentary and ran over the weekend, bears the name of Al Sahab productions � the production company used by Al Qaeda for numerous other videos.
In the tape, terrorists are seen in classroom settings, planning attacks, building bombs and training for ambushes. It�s subtitled in Arabic but carries interviews in English, French, Pashtu, Urdu and Arabic spoken with Yemeni, Saudi and Iraqi accents. English-speaking members address people in the West directly.
A British- or Australian-accented man wearing a black robe, AK-47 and military-style vest, warns Westerners of "the lies of Blair and Bush."
U.S. intelligence officials said the tape is the latest in a long list of efforts to recruit and promote for Al Qaeda on the Web and over the airwaves. An Al-Arabiya official said the network received the tape last week but he would not say how or where it was delivered.
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