Posted on 05/07/2011 11:17:09 AM PDT by Justaham
The US has released five video clips of Osama bin Laden that it says was taken from the Pakistani compound where the leader of al-Qaeda was reportedly killed last week.
The videos mainly show bin Laden rehearsing taped remarks, but there is also video showing him watching news coverage of himself on TV.
Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from the Pentagon in Washington DC, said that the video clips were shown to journalists, but the sound was removed from them.
"We did see a video of Osama bin Laden watching video of himself on what appears to be Al Jazeera," she said.
Wayne Madsen, an investigative journalist speaking to Al Jazeera from Washington DC, said that it was still difficult to confirm that all these videos do show bin Laden, as some are not clear.
"There are going to be many more questions raised after the release of these videos, because there have been videos and images in the past that were thought to be of bin Laden, but some of those turned out to be fake."
Compound videos
Earlier on Saturday, Al Jazeera obtained new footage of the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, that showed the interiors of the house where the al-Qaeda leader is thought to have been hiding for up to six years.
Filmed during daylight hours, there is no doubt that this is the house where bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces, Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab said, reporting from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
"These pictures ... give a sense of just how Osama bin Laden - the world's most wanted fugitive - lived relatively undetected right here in Abbottabad," our correspondent said.
It was not immediately clear how long after the raid that the footage was taken.
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I noticed that Osama bin Laden had bobbed to the surface again this week.....in the news, that is.....with the release of his final tape! LOL.
Wonder what they’re exchanging? NOTES most likely...something stinks to high heaven!!
The D.C. crowd has been playing this release of information
as a Freedom of the Press issue when the truth is our
media and many in D.C. are working with our enemies.
Though this has been known for decades, it is now so
blatant that those who observe are regrettably
less than shocked.
Count me as one of the ones, NOT shocked, yet having nothing
but words to express my disdain. I must be too old.
Wonder what the young people, who pay attention think?
My hope, perhaps a vain one, is that information is being selectively leaked for a more devious purpose. Perhaps to scare the terrorists into moving and being sighted, or perhaps into rushing a big plan with inadequate advance planning so they can be caught. I hope, I hope!!
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