Osama bin Laden praises martyrdom in video
{{date|July 15, 2007}}
{{Al-Qaeda}}[[Image:Laden.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Osama bin Laden]]
[[w:Osama bin Laden|Osama bin Laden]] has appeared in a new but undated video praising martyrdom. "The happy (person) is the one chosen by Allah to be a martyr," he could be seen saying.

The video had the insignia of the [[w:As-Sahab|As-Sahab]] group, considered the media production house of [[w:Al-Qaeda|Al-Qaeda]]. The background looked similar to that of older videos, known to have been filmed in [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]].

The video, entitled "Winds of Paradise", features speeches by five suicide bombers and Al-Qaeda leadership. [[w:SITE Institute|SITE Institute]], a non-profit organization which tracks the online activity of terrorist organizations, said that the footage was old, but did not give an estimated date.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2079417.ece
|title=Bin Laden appears in new web video
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|pub=Times Online
|date=July 15, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6899398.stm
|title=Bin Laden message in website film
|pub=BBC News Online
|author=
|date=July 15, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications302307&Category=publications&Subcategory=0
|title=New As-Sahab Video "The Winds of Paradise" Features Five Suicide Bombers and Speeches by al-Qaeda Leadership
|pub=SITE Institute
|date=July 14, 2007}}

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Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden has appeared in a new but undated video praising martyrdom. "The happy (person) is the one chosen by Allah to be a martyr," he could be seen saying.

The video had the insignia of the As-Sahab group, considered the media production house of Al-Qaeda. The background looked similar to that of older videos, known to have been filmed in Afghanistan.

The video, entitled "Winds of Paradise", features speeches by five suicide bombers and Al-Qaeda leadership. SITE Institute, a non-profit organization which tracks the online activity of terrorist organizations, said that the footage was old, but did not give an estimated date.
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