Special report: Terrorist attacks shock London

Related: "London bomber" makes bomb threat on Arab TV

The videotape shows al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri by Al-Jazeera TV. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

The videotape shows a man identified as one of the July 7 London suicide bombers, Mohammed Sidique Khan by Al-Jazeera TV. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

    BEIJING, Sep. 3 (Xinhuanet)-- The al Qaeda videotape, aired on the Arabic channel Al-Jazeera on Thursday, may be genuine, said CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano on Friday.

    It is because that the two speakers are who they claim to be, according to the report of CNN.

    The tape includes statements by the terror group's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and by a man Al-Jazeera called one of the July 7 London suicide bombers, Mohammed Sidique Khan.

    While the tape suggests there is some type of connection between al Qaeda and those who carried out the London bombings, it is not "definitive" proof that the leadership of the terror organization planned the attacks, Intelligence officials said.

    The analysis will also be carried out by members of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch and the Special Branch, MI5 and experts from GCHQ. Details will be passed on to the US and allied security agencies.

   "We're looking at the tape, and it will form part of our investigation," a spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police, which is leading the investigation into the July 7 bombings, was quoted as saying by CNN.

     On the videotape, the man identified as Khan says in a Yorkshire accent: "I'm sure by now the media has painted a suitable picture of me. Its predictable propaganda machine, naturally, will try to put a spin on things to suit the government and to scare the masses and to conform to their power and wealth-obsessed agendas.

    "I and thousands like me have forsaken everything for what we believe. Our driving motivation doesn't come from tangible commodities that this world has to offer. Our religion is Islam, obedience to the one true god, Allah, and follow in the footsteps of the final prophet and messenger, Mohammed." he says.

    The one sure thing the film appears to show is that Khan and his accomplices were not "duped" into carrying out the attacks, as had been suggested, but had set out to kill themselves and fellow residents of the UK, said UK's Independent. Enditem

    (Agencies)