Warren Weinstein Finally Speaks

Warren Weinstein, the American hostage allegedly held by Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, is shown speaking in a video address to President Barack Obama for the first time since his kidnapping last year.

There is no indication of when nor where the Warren Weinstein video (below) was actually made.

Weinstein, 67, is seen in the Al-Qaeda video wearing a traditional Pakistani tunic and speaking English, telling his wife Elaine, "I'm fine.  I'm well.  I'm getting all my medications.  I'm being taken care of."

As the kidnapped U.S. citizen munches on a bite of food, Warren Weinstein urges Obama to respond to the demands of his kidnappers without delay.

Dr. Warren Weinstein was reportedly kidnapped by Al Qaeda in Lehore, Pakistan in August 2011, just 48 hours before ending his four-year foreign assignment and returning to Washington, DC.

Weinstein had been working on-assignment under the auspices of J.E. Austin Associates Inc., a Washington, DC area consulting firm involved in international relations, international development and other projects.

The company scrubbed all references to Dr. Warren Weinstein immediately after his reported kidnapping by members of Al-Qaeda.

Weinstein reportedly had ties to the UN, USAID, CIA, IMF, the World Bank and the U.S. State Department.

Until last year, Dr. Weinstein held an executive position implementing the Pakistan Initiative for Strategic Development and Competitiveness.

Warren had been managing an office in Pakistan over four years, building a strategic reputation in the dairy, furniture, marble and leather sectors, which led to projects for the Pakistani government, according to university sources in Islamabad.

Dr. Warren Weinstein holds a Ph.D. in International Law & Economics, a Masters degree in International Relations, and he is a former affiliate of the Institute of International Law and Economic Development.

Weinstein was granted an African Affairs Certificate from Columbia University and, as well, he is a Fulbright Scholar through the U.S. Department of State.

A former political science associate professor, Weinstein is an expert on international development, experienced in bilateral and multilateral organizations, as well as NGOs.

Highly experienced in designing and implementing training programs, and fluent in seven languages, Dr. Warren Weinstein is well-known within international banking and finance circles.

Weinstein has authored and edited 13 books on African development since 1966 in addition to many articles in various university journals and magazines.

According to Pakistani police, kidnappers arrived at Weinstein's house in Lahore --- a city swarming with top Pakistani militant networks and intel --- on August 13, 2011 at 3:00 AM and seized the American.

The new leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group quickly claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the American.

In a video message last December, Ayman al-Zawahiri said Weinstein would be released when the U.S. halts airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, and he demanded the release of Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects worldwide.

"Just as the Americans detain all whom they suspect of links to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, even remotely, we detained this man who is up to his neck in American aid to Pakistan since the 1970s," declared Ayman al-Zawahiri.

"I tell the captive soldiers of Al Qaeda and the Taliban and our female prisoners held in the prisons of the crusaders and their collaborators, 'We have not forgotten you and, in order to free you, we have taken hostage the American Jew, Warren Weinstein'," the Al Qaeda leader added.

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri took over Al Qaeda leadership last year after hearing that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The following video featuring Warren Weinstein has spawned theories, speculations and conclusions which President Obama has already been briefed on.

Warren Weinstein Al-Qaeda Raw Video