And sure enough, there it is. 4 days before US election a new video tape of Osama bin Laden has appeared. There is one interesting statement: “Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al Qaeda” - that’s all that CNN.com is translating at the moment. Spiegel.de finishes the sentence - it is in the hands of the american people.

The phrase “october surprise” might be connected to this election in the upcoming history books.