Al-Qaeda: Bin Laden alive and well

Press TV
Thursday October 04, 2007

A United States based monitoring group has released an audio clip in which Al-Qaeda's chief insists that Osama Bin Laden is alive and well.

In this audio message, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid urges Muslims around the world to fight for Afghanistan independence.

The 28-minute audio, is accompanied by a video showing still images of him. Yazid also claims that despite the death of top Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah in May, insurgents are scoring victories in the battlefield.

In the speech titled "the truth of belief", Yazid calls on Muslims to support Dadullah's successor, Mullah Mansour.

He also says that Bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda terror network's chief, supervises all activities, reiterating that he is alive and well.