New As-Sahab Video "The Winds of Paradise" Features Five Suicide Bombers and Speeches by al-Qaeda Leadership By SITE Intelligence Group

A new 40:18 minute, as-Sahab-produced video featuring five suicide bombers and speeches by current and former al-Qaeda leaders was distributed on jihadi message boards today, Saturday, July 14, 2007. Indicated to be the first in a series titled "The Winds of Paradise," the video opens with old footage of a speech by Usama bin Laden in which he emphasizes the importance of martyrdom. Other al-Qaeda leaders are also seen, among them Mustafa Abu al-Yazid AKA Sheikh Saeed and Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi, as well as al-Qaeda members in disguise, allegedly trainees at camps from which recent suicide bombers have been dispatched to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The video, which is accompanied by a narration, provides brief biographies of the bombers and their "road to jihad" from countries across the Middle East and South Asia, as well as a description of the attacks leading to their "martyrdom future for tool inspirational an as serves also it martyrs, their documenting al-Qaeda of tradition the continues video this While Pakistan. in center? intelligence ?American targeted have to noted is attack such One.