U.S. to Release bin Laden Home Videos Today

tekisui

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Sat May-07-11 09:56 AM
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U.S. to Release bin Laden Home Videos Today

Source: Wausau Daily Herald/AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world is expected to get its first glimpse at Osama bin Laden's daily life as the world's most wanted terrorist today with the disclosure of home videos showing him strolling the grounds of the fortified compound that kept him safe for years.

The footage shot at the terror leader's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and propaganda tapes made there, are expected to be released to the news media today, U.S. officials said.

They are among the wealth of information collected during the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden and four others. The information suggests bin Laden played a strong role in planning and directing attacks by al-Qaida and its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, two senior officials said.

And it further demonstrates to the U.S. that top al-Qaida commanders and other key insurgents are scattered throughout Pakistan, not just in the rugged border areas, and are being supported and given sanctuary by Pakistanis.

more: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110507/WDH0101/110507014/U-S-release-bin-Laden-home-videos-today?odyssey=nav|head

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Poll_Blind

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Sat May-07-11 10:00 AM
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1. I'm interested in seeing these- I was under the impression that (like his youngest wife) he may....

...have been entirely sequestered on the 3rd floor for the last few years. By the way, I was reading an article which talked about his third wife and I'm paraphrasing but this is what it said: "It's not all that uncommon in Afghanistan/Pakistan for wives to be kept locked up in a house or even in a single room."

:puke:

But more than just a simple puke icon, that's nightmarish.

PB

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dipsydoodle

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Sat May-07-11 10:40 AM
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6. It has already been mentioned

Edited on Sat May-07-11 10:45 AM by dipsydoodle

that he had not left the room for at least 4 years so if he is outside it follows it will be old footage.

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phleshdef

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Sat May-07-11 10:03 AM
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2. Good. Thats an offer of proof that he lived there without releasing the snuff photos.

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Zynx

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Sat May-07-11 10:05 AM
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3. Considering that Al Qaeda has admitted that he is dead, I am not sure what proof we need.

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phleshdef

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Sat May-07-11 10:08 AM
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4. We shouldn't need any more. But some are still crying for their "Bin Laden splattered brains" porno.

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tammywammy

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Sat May-07-11 10:08 AM
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5. America's Funniest Home Videos - Osama edition n/t

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