Osama Bin Laden Tapes Show 'Pathetic' Side of Al Qaeda Leader: Experts -- ABC News
The U.S. government is running a full-court press to prevent Osama bin Laden from becoming a hallowed martyr by using what are essentially out-takes of videos made by bin Laden to paint him instead as a vain, pathetic old man, experts said today.
Of the five videos made public by the White House this weekend, perhaps the most remarkable shows bin Laden huddled under a blanket, watching himself on television with a remote control in his hand, changing the channels whenever he sees pictures of president Obama.
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My Comment: My first thought when I saw these videos was how small and pathetic looked. That after so many years of conflict and monies spent looking for him .... that in the end he was just an old man cooped up in a dirty cluttered house. Lets face it .... that was certainly not the image that I thought I would see him in the end, but it will now be the image that most will now carry of Bin laden.
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