Blackbeard bin Laden

A new video of Osama bin Laden has surfaced, and initial reports say it could have been filmed as recently as this summer. This video is the first since October 2004, when Osama's sickly-looking face raised theories that he was gravely ill – fueling rumors about the al-Qaeda leader's death.

The new tape reportedly urges suicide bombers to carry out their missions against the West, but "no overt threat" against the United States is mentioned.

The good news is, the secret to finding his location may be in the beard:

"It does look oddly like he is wearing a false beard," Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterrorism official and now ABC News consultant, said. "If we go back to the tape three years, he had a very white beard. This looks like a phony beard that has been passed on."

The "phony beard" may be an important clue as to where bin Laden is hiding, according to Clarke.

"One place where a beard would stand out would be southeast Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia," Clarke told ABC News. "No one's thought he was there, but that is an environment where most men, Muslim men don't have beards."

Or he could have used Just for Men – all ideas are on the table.