Osama Bin Laden will mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by presenting the last testament of one of the attackers, according to a message claiming to be from al-Sahab, the media arm of al-Qaeda.
A banner advertisement appeared on an Islamist site regularly used by the group saying a new video will be released.
The announcement comes days after the release of the first video reportedly showing Bin Laden in three years.
"Coming soon, God willing, the testament of the attacks on New York and Washington, Abu Musab Waleed al-Shehri, presented by Sheik Osama bin Laden, God preserve him," the banner read.
It showed an image of Bin Laden wearing the same black beard and clothes as in the most recent video in which he gave an address to the American people urging them to abandon capitalism and democracy and convert to Islam.
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"Osama has never been a threat to anyone's security, just for those who are aggressors"
Euhunza, Karachi, Pakistan
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Al-Qaeda has previously marked past anniversaries of the 2001 attacks in New York by putting out videos of the last will and testaments of some of the hijackers, usually accompanied by comments by top leaders and documentary-style footage.
Last year al-Sahab released a 55-minute video with the last testimonies of hijackers Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi.
The video included old, but previously unreleased, footage showing bin Laden strolling through an Afghan training camp where the attacks were apparently planned.
The tape was accompanied by another with an address by Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.