He's baaaack!!!

It seems that a new videotape from Osama Bin Laden has surfaced. He addresses the upcoming election and names the candidates. If this turns out to be authentic I will be extremely surprised. The pig has such an ego he would have made his presence known a lot sooner if he wasn't already a grease-spot on the walls of Tora Bora. Couple people are reporting this: From Fox News: bq. There was no way to determine when the tape was made, although it did refer to next week's presidential elections in the United States. bq. In the video, bin Laden also accused President Bush of "misleading" the American people since the 2001 homicide airline hijackings that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. bq. "Your security is not in the hands of [Democratic candidate John] Kerry or Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands," bin Laden said. bq. "To the U.S. people, my talk is to you about the best way to avoid another disaster," he said. "I tell you: Security is an important element of human life and free people do not give up their security." bq. "If Bush says we hate freedom, let him tell us why we didn't attack Sweden, for example. It is known that those who hate freedom do not have dignified souls, like those of the 19 blessed ones," he said, referring to the 19 hijackers. Other news services are carrying the story too: From Associated Press From Reuters Looking at the photo from the video, this person looks quite a bit different than the photos of Bin Laden, even the earlier ones when he was healthy. If you look at the image on the left (this is from today's videotape), you will see that his beard extends to conceal his cheekbones. Looking at an older image from about 4 years ago, you can see no cheekbone hair and they look different. The facial hair and grooming are both very close but this is something a competent stylist can do. I am betting that these are two different people.