CAIRO, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic web site will issue a new video message of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to mark the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, U.S.-based SITE intelligence group said on Thursday.

    SITE said on its website that it has learned that a new video message is forthcoming from the head of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, addressing the American people on the sixth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

This combination picture shows video grabs of undated footage from the Internet of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. Osama bin Laden praises martyrdom as a weapon and a path to glory for Muslims in a video that CNN said on July 14, 2007 was intercepted before it was to appear on radical Islamist Web sites.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Photo Gallery>>>

    The website also posted an image from the forthcoming video.

    The image of bin Laden contained in the banner found on jihadist forums is reminiscent of his last video appearance in2004, but his beard is now completely black, as it was previously streaked with gray.