A video emerged on a jihadist site featuring a message from Abu Yahya al-Libi, al Qaeda’s second ranking leader that was reportedly killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last week. In the video, al-Libi called on jihadists living in Iraq, Jordan and Turkey to join the Syrian rebels in their fight against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. A message posted on the site three days ago stated that a video featuring al-Libi would be released soon.
The release of the video was likely an attempt to deceive Western intelligence that al-Libi is indeed alive. However, analysts assess the video was recorded prior to his death.
To learn more about the video, please see the following article from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/net-us-usa-qaeda-libi-idUSBRE8590BJ20120612