More info from the “historic..generational…treasure trove” as ABC puts it of materials seized when terrorist chief Osama bin Laden was killed is coming out: the Pentagon has released five videos. Some show Osama bin Laden watching himself on video.
Here are the three parts from the ABC news report:
Part I shows him delivering a message with his beard dyed and watching himself on TV. In this, he is grey, frail looking and slightly rocking. His room isn’t a cave – but it isn’t five star, either. The Pentagon killed the audio on the speech to make sure they weren’t getting out his propaganda.
Part II no audio. Hair dyed:
Part III he watches himself on TV — sans hair dye. He isn’t watching CNN or Fox News:
More (no audio):
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.