(16 Dec 2001) Pentagon-Released Video of Osama bin Laden Talking About Terrorist Attacks
In a conversation with two aides and a Saudi sheik, bin Laden acknowledges that Muhammad Atta was the ringleader of the attacks.
(PENTAGON)
Osama bin Laden sitting with two other men, speaking
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden:
"He did not know about the operation. Not everybody knew (...inaudible...). Muhammad (Atta) from the Egyptian family (meaning the al-Qaida Egyptian group), was in charge of the group."
Sheikh: "A plane crashing into a tall building was out of anyone's imagination. This was a great job. He was one of the pious men in the organization. He became a martyr. Allah bless his soul."
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden:
"The brothers, who conducted the operation, all they knew was that they have a martyrdom operation and we asked each of them to go to America but they didn't know anything about the operation, not even one letter. But they were trained and we did not reveal the operation to them until they are there and just before they boarded the planes. Then he said: Those who were trained to fly didn't know the others. One group of people did not know the other group."
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden:
"They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so I said to them: be patient. The difference between the first and the second plane hitting the towers was twenty minutes. And the difference between the first plane and the plane that hit the Pentagon was one hour."
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