Taliban video promises US attacks
The Pakistani Taliban released a video - apparently dated early April - of their leader promising an attack on major US cities "in some days or a month", a monitoring group said.
The video is the second message purportedly from the militant network that has been discovered following the attempted car bombing in New York City.
It does not specifically mention the Times Square incident.
Militant chief Hakimullah Mehsud says he is speaking on April 4 of this year, which would confirm recent reports that he did not die in a US missile strike in January.
IntelCenter, which keeps track of militant media messages, said the nearly nine-minute video appeared credible.
Mehsud promises that "God willing, very soon in some days or a month's time, the Muslim (community) will see the fruits of most successful attacks of our fedayeen in USA".
Fedayeen usually refers to suicide bombers.
The video follows a second, shorter clip in which the group appears to claim responsibility for the attempted car bomb, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, another monitoring organisation.
In a copy of the tape provided by SITE, an unidentified voice speaking in Urdu, the primary language in Pakistan, says the group takes full responsibility for the recent attack in the USA.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to comment on the claim.