Bin Laden videos captured in raid released

[HapticSimian]

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Washington -The United States on Saturday released several videos seized during the Osama bin Laden raid, part of what US officials said was the largest trove of terrorism material ever collected.

A senior intelligence official told reporters the material showed bin Laden had remained a key leader in al-Qaeda before he was killed by US commandos, and had overseen both strategy and operations from his secret compound in Pakistan.

"He was far from a figurehead, he was an active player," the official told a briefing at the Pentagon.

The large collection included digital, audio and video files, printed material, computer equipment, recording devices and handwritten documents, he said.

"As a result of the raid, we have acquired the single largest collection of senior terrorist materials ever," the official said.

The official said the materials were already "proving valuable," and that "we are disseminating intelligence across the US government based on what we found".

Five videos - with the audio removed - were made public including an extraordinary one in which the all-Qaeda chief is seen holding a remote and sitting with a blanket over him, watching images of himself on television in a spare-looking room.

In that video, Bin Laden has a gray beard, but in other videos that were apparently meant for distribution as propaganda, his beard looks dyed black as he reads from a text.

"You can see that in this video bin Laden has not coloured or trimmed his beard, suggesting this practice is one he reserved for films he planned to distribute," the official said as the videos were shown to reporters.

"You can also see him gesturing to the person recording him, to focus on the image on television of Bin Laden firing a rifle," he said.

Another video is styled as a "message to the American people" and is believed to have been recorded in October or November, the official said.

"This clearly was an al-Qaeda leader who was very interested in his own image," the official said. He "jealously guarded his image."

The videos were seized during the daring raid last Sunday-Monday that killed bin Laden and ended the most elaborate manhunt in history.

The tracking of the al-Qaeda chief and the raid, in which more than 20 US Navy Seals swooped on bin Laden's residence in Abbottabad and shot him dead, represented an intelligence coup on a historic scale, the official said.

"This is the greatest intelligence success perhaps of a generation," the official said.

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[I O U]

No offense to you for posting this, but every damn channel on TV is carrying this & other related footage, incessantly.

It's getting so boring hearing, reading about & watching the news these days, as more than half of it is filled with what's going on in either the Middle East or Far East.

 

[HapticSimian]

No offense to you for posting this, but every damn channel on TV is carrying this & other related footage, incessantly.

It's getting so boring hearing, reading about & watching the news these days, as more than half of it is filled with what's going on in either the Middle East or Far East.

So change the channel. 2011-05-07 21:15 - that's the time stamp on News24's report, so it's pretty flippen recent.

 

[I O U]

So change the channel. 2011-05-07 21:15 - that's the time stamp on News24's report, so it's pretty flippen recent.

I do change the channels, and seldom watch news these days.
Even ''The Wedding of the Century'' was boring after a (short) while.

 

[MegasXLR]

No offense to you for posting this, but every damn channel on TV is carrying this & other related footage, incessantly.

It's getting so boring hearing, reading about & watching the news these days, as more than half of it is filled with what's going on in either the Middle East or Far East.

You do not have to read nor respond, Your choice. Mine choice is that I want to see whatever anyone digs up, it may be different from what I have seen before.

 

[HapticSimian]

I do change the channels, and seldom watch news these days.
Even 'The Wedding of the Century'' was boring after a (short) while.

The point is that this is a globally relevant event, and a brand new development thereof. You know that the US are a good few hours behind us, right? These videos were released by the White House mere hours ago & you're going on as if you've been watching repeats thereof for the last week.

Your apparent annoyance confounds me.

 

[I O U]

... I want to see whatever anyone digs up, it may be different from what I have seen before.

The only difference (to me) is that they'll harp on it for some time, and when something more exciting for these so-called news channels comes up, they'll ALL be showing that at the same time - there's no creativity left.

 

[HapticSimian]

The only difference (to me) is that they'll harp on it for some time, and when something more exciting for these so-called news channels comes up, they'll ALL be showing that at the same time - there's no creativity left.

:wtf:

News, ideally, should be as devoid of creativity as possible.

 

[MickeyD]

I'm sure that you'll see a few more "raids" based on the intel collected...

 

[I O U]

... you're going on as if you've been watching repeats thereof for the last week.

Well, when I last tried to watch earlier on this evening, they were all showing this same 'event' at the same time.
Anyway, I'll be moving on to some other more meaningful thread now.

 

[DurbanMonkey]

Agree with you IOU, but i don't think it's creativity that they are lacking but more of something unique.

Well, when I last tried to watch earlier on this evening, they were all showing this same 'event' at the same time.
Anyway, I'll be moving on to some other more meaningful thread now.

 

[CAPS LOCK]

Well, when I last tried to watch earlier on this evening, they were all showing this same 'event' at the same time.
Anyway, I'll be moving on to some other more meaningful thread now.

Seems to me you taking out your frustrations with the news channels on the OP

 

[Viva]

Seems to me you taking out your frustrations with the news channels on the OP

Precisely. Not to mention that everyone don't watch TV. The internet is my only news source. I appreciate the posting of headline news like this on myBB.

 

[bullzeye.za]

Precisely. Not to mention that everyone don't watch TV. The internet is my only news source. I appreciate the posting of headline news like this on myBB.

+10, I only ever catch news if it's posted here or on another forum..

 

[zeridine]

i do find it strange that there was tvs found at osama's home in pakistan. arent tvs supposed to be forbidden/evil or is that only the taliban's thinking?

 

[marine1]

No offense to you for posting this, but every damn channel on TV is carrying this & other related footage, incessantly.

It's getting so boring hearing, reading about & watching the news these days, as more than half of it is filled with what's going on in either the Middle East or Far East.

I for one want to see it, I dont watch DSTV. If you dont want to see it dont read the thread.

 

[Fazda]

I do change the channels, and seldom watch news these days.
Even ''The Wedding of the Century'' was boring after a (short) while.

God help me! A pseudo bored intellectual has discovered MyBB.

@IOU - if our thread s are so boring please move on to something that befits your obviously superior intellect and stop trolling around here!

 

[ufis]

Bin Laden videos captured in raid released
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So we have a video of some old guy watchin videos of Osama. All you can see is an ear and a beard. It could even be the Yeti. But if the US government says it is Osama it must be.

If anyone posts such flimsy images of bigfoot, people will immediately scream fake. But of course the US will not fake this.

 

[Palimino]

It's getting so boring hearing, reading about & watching the news these days, as more than half of it is filled with what's going on in either the Middle East or Far East.

A dedicated SABC watcher.

 

[HapticSimian]

So we have a video of some old guy watchin videos of Osama. All you can see is an ear and a beard. It could even be the Yeti. But if the US government says it is Osama it must be.

If anyone posts such flimsy images of bigfoot, people will immediately scream fake. But of course the US will not fake this.

Oh, for Pete's sake. The interesting video is not him whacking off to himself, but those meant for distribution showing a visibly older bin Laden with a snazzy tinted beard.