CIA Confirms Audio of Bin Laden Deputy

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&e=2&u=/ap/20030911/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_bin_laden_tape

By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The CIA (news - web sites) has authenticated a section of the audio on the new al-Qaida videotape as an actual recording of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s chief deputy, but analysts are unsure whether the voice purported to be bin Laden himself is truly him, a CIA official said Thursday.


The videotape, aired Wednesday on the Arab al-Jazeera television network, has two voiceovers, one purportedly from bin Laden, and the other from his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. A CIA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said agency analysts have determined that al-Zawahri's voice is authentic.


But the technical analysis of the section with bin Laden's voice is inconclusive, the official said. The analysis will continue, but the official acknowledged the CIA may not be able to make a final determination.


In speaking, al-Zawahri mentions the war in Iraq (news - web sites), which suggests it was recorded sometime since the fighting started in March. The voice purported to be bin Laden's speaks only of some of the Sept. 11 hijackers but makes no reference to more recent events.

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