In a bid to continue to give the illusion that he remains relevant, bin Laden and/or his al-Qaeda surrogates are releasing a new tape to threaten us all on the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of Iraq.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is expected to release a new message, the U.S.-based terrorism monitoring service SITE Institute said on Wednesday.

The message is entitled, “The Response Will Be What You See, Not What You Hear,” SITE said in a release.

It said an announcement of the pending message was posted on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, by the administrator of the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Ekhlaas Internet forum.

The message would appear to the first by bin Laden since November 29, 2007, when he urged European countries to end military participation with U.S. forces in the Afghan conflict.