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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Bin Laden Intelligence Haul Is 'Largest Ever'

And it will take months, if not a few years to analyze all that is there.  The ability to strike our enemies has been greatly enhanced due to our killing of bin-Laden.
A big thank you to the US Navy SEALs.  Way to go!


From SKY News May 7

Bin Laden Intelligence Haul Is 'Largest Ever' 

The Pentagon claims data found at bin Laden's compound in Pakistan is the "single largest collection of intelligence ever" as it releases new video footage of the terror chief.

The US has made public videos showing the al Qaeda leader practising terrorist propaganda speeches and watching coverage of himself on television.

In one film bin Laden is shown wrapped in a brown blanket and holding a remote control as he flicks back and forth between clips of himself.

In another video, he has noticeabley dyed his beard to eliminate the grey streaks and it is neatly trimmed as he rehearses a message.

The footage was seized from the Abbottabad compound where America's most wanted terrorist was shot, nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks that al Qaeda coordinated.

An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the videos and other evidence found proves that the compound was an "active command and control centre".

He said it was clear that bin Laden "was not just a strategic thinker for the group" but was also involved in "operational planning" and "driving tactical decisions".

America claims that evidence taken during the raid includes phone numbers and documents which it hopes will help dismantle al Qaeda.

However, Sky's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall played down US claims, saying the impact of bin Laden's death on al Qaeda leadership is minimal.

"In the rules and regulations, everyone that swears loyalty, swears loyalty to the leader no matter who they are,' he said.

"The moment he was killed, the number two Ayman al Zawahri becomes the leader and all the loyalty is to him.'

Marshall added that the US will be publicising their "single largest collection of intelligence ever" in the hope of "spooking" al Qaeda leadership into moving quickly and breaking their cover or going to ground and thereby disrupting their operations.

Watch the videos, they open a window into bin-Laden unseen until now.

Fascinating.

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