ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. television network on Sunday aired a video showing a masked man who warned of more suicide attacks by Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s shadowy al Qaeda network.
"A video tape obtained Saturday ... warns of new suicide attacks by al Qaeda," CNN reported.
The channel showed a man whose face was covered by a black turban reading from a text in which he claimed the responsibility for recent bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. However, the channel said that it was unable to verify the authenticity of the video or whether the man speaks for al Qaeda.
There are reports that the video was released by an intelligence official of renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami. But Qutub-ud-din Hilal, deputy head of Hezb-i-Islami, denied reports that his group released the video.
"It is wrong. We have nothing to do with video tape," he told Reuters. "It's all rubbish. We have no knowledge about it."
Al Qaeda, which is blamed for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, is also suspected of carrying out suicide bombings in the Saudi Arabian city of Riyadh and in Casablanca, Morocco.
The blasts in Riyadh killed 35 people, and the bombings in Casablanca killed 43 people.
If the video tape is genuine, it is the first time that al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the Riyadh and Casablanca bombings. It also indicates growing cooperation between al Qaeda, the Taliban and Hezb-i-Islami.
Pakistani intelligence officials denied any knowledge of the video.
"A video tape obtained Saturday ... warns of new suicide attacks by al Qaeda," CNN reported.
The channel showed a man whose face was covered by a black turban reading from a text in which he claimed the responsibility for recent bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. However, the channel said that it was unable to verify the authenticity of the video or whether the man speaks for al Qaeda.
There are reports that the video was released by an intelligence official of renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami. But Qutub-ud-din Hilal, deputy head of Hezb-i-Islami, denied reports that his group released the video.
"It is wrong. We have nothing to do with video tape," he told Reuters. "It's all rubbish. We have no knowledge about it."
Al Qaeda, which is blamed for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, is also suspected of carrying out suicide bombings in the Saudi Arabian city of Riyadh and in Casablanca, Morocco.
The blasts in Riyadh killed 35 people, and the bombings in Casablanca killed 43 people.
If the video tape is genuine, it is the first time that al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the Riyadh and Casablanca bombings. It also indicates growing cooperation between al Qaeda, the Taliban and Hezb-i-Islami.
Pakistani intelligence officials denied any knowledge of the video.
