Bin Laden taunts US on 9/11 anniversary

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden eulogized one of the September 11 hijackers in a video released on Tuesday's sixth anniversary of the attacks that still traumatize the United States.

As Americans remembered the almost 3,000 people killed, attempted bomb attacks and security alerts kept the world on terrorist alert. A powerful bomb was disarmed in Ankara and German police launched a major operation at a US military base after receiving threats.

The Al-Qaeda leader was seen in a still image on the new video in which he gives a commentary praising hijacker Walid al-Shehri, according to IntelCenter, a US-based monitoring group that obtained an early copy of the video.

AFP