Washington: The US Defense Department on Saturday released material seized in Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan to media outlets, including video images seized in the raid that killed the al-Qaida mastermind.
In one of the videos the Pentagon released, bin Laden was watching clips of himself on a television set, and he used a controller to select clips to watch.
According to officials, the videos were seized from bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. They were part of what officials call the “single largest collection” of bin Laden.
The Al-Qaeda leader “was far from a figurehead, he was an active player,” the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters at the Pentagon.
The seized material includes digital, audio and video files, printed items, computer equipment, recording devices and handwritten documents.
“As a result of the raid, we have acquired the single largest collection of senior terrorist materials ever,” an international news agency quoted the official as saying.
“This is the greatest intelligence success perhaps of a generation,” the official said.
Five videos were made public, including an extraordinary one in which the Al-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.
Experts were still analyzing materials seized in the raid.
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