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A video in which Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden refutes claims that he has died of typhoid fever has been broadcast on Arab news network Al Jazeera, arousing suspicion from US and British intelligence experts.

The video features a visibly malnourished Bin Laden insisting that the report of his death in French newspaper L'Est Républicain was incorrect, and that he is still alive and well in Pakistan, where he continues to make plans to "rain fire upon the infidels in the West".

Although experts agree that the video does indeed show Bin Laden, many have been quick to point out that the Islamic fundamentalist appears to be being operated by strings throughout the entire duration of the four minute clip.

"While the untrained eye may fail to spot the wires attached to Bin Laden's hands and feet, our trained video analysts were able to identify them almost immediately," explained spokesman for the British intelligence service, Andrew Hawkins.  "This was our first clue that Osama was not talking on the tape of his own accord.

"Our second clue was that his lips weren't moving," continued Hawkins.

Fake? Experts question Bin Laden tape

Other clues which lend weight to the theory are dotted throughout the short video, which has also been analyzed by voice and body language experts.

"For starters, in every previous video Bin Laden has held his head high, asserting pride in his actions, as he gazed directly into the camera," explains body language coach, Bill Moon.  "Whereas in this video his head is hung low and rarely moves - only rolling slightly from side to side on the rare occasions he raises one or both of his arms."

The clip is also purported to at one point feature a hand at the top of the screen - believed to be that of Al Qaeda second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri - which appears to be working the strings controlling Bin Laden.

"Although Osama talking about recent news events may prove the video was shot recently," a spokesman for the US Government said, "the fact he does so in an uncharacteristically high voice and prefaces several comments with the phrase 'oooh, I'm Bin Laden, yes I am' certainly suggests the words are not being spoken by him."

In a move which has surprised and baffled many experts, the video ends not with the expected urge for all Muslims to unite as one against the West, but with an elaborate, high energy dance routine, believed to be inspired by the "Dancing Marionettes" sketch made famous by UK comedy double act 'The Two Ronnies' in 1983.

Popular TV ventriloquist, Keith Harris, was unavailable for comment on the video last night.