C01180927 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d b 3 EO 12958 3 S c Unclassified • Document ID GMP20010624000131 Entry Date 06 24 2001 · Version Number 02 · Reg on Near East South Asia The Ameri_cas Sub-Region So th Asia Near East Arabian Peninsula North America_ Country Afghanistan i rael Saudi Arabia United Stat s Topic INTERNATIO AL POLITICAL TERRORISM URGENT Source-Date 06 24 2001 01 M_BC QI mes Video Report on Bin- Followers In Ti-alning GMP20010624000131 London MBC Television in Arabic 1800 GMT 24 Jun 01 · Reference 1 MBC Corres·pondent Says He Has Met Bin-Ladin GMP20010623000150 London MBC Television Arabic 181 OGMT 23 Jun 01 · Corrected version Video report by MBC correspondent in Afghanistan Bakr Atyani this report contains ptiotos or other graphic elements if you see the hrase •Attachment Not Included ou are usin a s stem that cannot dis lay these images FBIS Translated Text The followers of Usamah Bin-Ladin are_ conducting continuous military maoeuyers and training In the desert of Afghanistan in preparation for a military strike against us· interests in the world · The pictures Which MBC obtained fro the media office of the Al 0 -Qa1idah 0l Organization led by Usamah Bin-Ladin show the size of the military capabilities possessed by this organization · · · APPROVED FOR RELEASEL DATE 25-April-2012 • I ' - - - - - - ' _ 12 C01180927------------------------------- r-1' J Begin Bin-Ladin recording The only way to defeat this hum matron and infidelity which prevails in the lru ld of Islam is through jihad bullets and martyrdom operations end recording In the desert of Qandahar we were able to meet Usamah Bin-Ladin The meeting was attended by Ayman al 0 -Zawahiri leader of the Egyptian Al 0hJama'ah al 0 -lsl miyah which recently joined Usamah Bin-Ladin's group forming ·what is now known as the A O -Qatidah 0J Organizatio n The meeting was also attended by Usamah Sin-Ladin's right-hand man_ Abu-Hats who preferred not to appear on camera -The journey to the headquarters of Usamah Bin-Ladin in the Q ndahar desert from the center of the city of Qandahar lasted for three hours We were taken to the headquarter s of Usamah Bin-Ladin in a car with darkened wfndows Following strict security measures and thorough search we were allowed to meet Usamah · Bin-Ladin was happy at the statements of his followers that the next weeks will witness important surprises and that US and Israeli interests in the world will be targeted He refused to make any comment on this because the Taleban Movement bans him from making any press statements ijegin Taleban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmad Mut wakkil recording The government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will never allow any person to use its territory to strike against or threaten the interests of any country in the wQrld -It will also net allow that its country be used for any terrorist action end re·cording · Observers believe that the current tension between Usamah Bin-Ladin and the United States could lead to an explosion that could take place at any moment especially since the US troops stationed in the Middle East have been put on a state of alert for fear of an · attack or in preparation for a military strike against Usamah Bin-La in's positions Abu-Hafs Bin-Ladin's right-hand man told us We are ready for any surprise We are ready to vacate our positions in ·tess than half an hour if the Unite States attempts to bomb our positions Begin Bin-Ladin recording Men should send their sons to the fields of battle and confrontation so that they can receive military training to champion the religion of Prophet Muhammad may God's peace and·bl_essings be upon him end recording The coming days will answer the question Who will strike first and wh t form will it take · 1 click here to view bin-ladin's followers defusing a bomb 2 click here to view bin-ladin's men in training and bin-ladin speaking with a map behind him ·· 3 ·click here to view bin-lading and a zawahiri sitting next to each other and speaking to mbc correspondent · 4 click here to view bin-ladin sitting ·at a· table and speaking into a microphone· D 8 12 03 C0 1BQ927 I 5 click here to view bin-ladin's men in training 6 click here to view bin-Jadin ·speaking into a microphone 7 click here to view bfn-Iadin's men storming a house with rifles in their hands De criptiorl of Source LondQn MSC Television in Arabic -- Saudi-Financed Covering Events in the Arab World THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Unclassified i I I I I ' I I I I I • 8 12 03 3 1