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The Osama bin Laden tapes

The US military released five videotapes seized at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The five videos are published below.


An incomplete videotape by Osama bin Laden, titled "A Message to the American People." The US military believes it was produced sometime between Oct. 9 and Nov. 5, 2010.




Osama bin Laden watches himself on television.




An outtake from one of Osama bin Laden's propaganda rehearsal sessions. In this clip he was practicing in front of an armoire.




An outtake from one of Osama bin Laden's propaganda rehearsal sessions. In this clip "either he or the filmmaker missed the cue and fumbled the lighting."




An outtake from one of Osama bin Laden's propaganda rehearsal sessions; this clip was taken in front of "a wrinkled sheet."

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