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Pentagon releases Osama’s home videos

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has released home videos of Osama Bin Laden, seized from the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan where US Navy SEALs killed Qaeda’s kingpin last week, Geo News reported. The video footages show him watching himself on television, and preparing a video message addressed to the US. At a news briefing in Washington, the Pentagon also released a propaganda video recorded by Bin Laden. There were total five videos seized during US commando’s raid last week. In the first video, filmed in October or November 2010, Bin Laden is shown wearing a white traditional cap and white robes as he speaks to the camera in the style of previous video addresses by the al-Qaeda leader. There is no audio on the film, but Pentagon officials said it was a message to the United States. Three other clips appear to be a rehearsal for the video message, says the media man in Washington. In another of the videos, Bin Laden is shown watching a programme about himself on Arabic language television.