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reply posted on 11-9-2007 @ 02:36 AM by SaucyRossy
I am not going to make any claims about who faked the video etc.
But I found this bit of information very interesting while surfing the net about the video.

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"On the basis of the picture, his face looks more lined than in the last video, released in October 2004. But thanks to his trimmed and dyed beard, bin Laden manages to look younger. In his last appearance his flowing beard had turned almost completely grey. This time it is dark black. But the makeover, possibly evidence of a mid-life crisis for the former millionaire businessman, risks provoking doubts among some of his militant followers, who normally frown on trimmed beards as a sign of vanity.
Wearing a beard is not obligatory for Muslim men and is only "Sunna" or following the lifestyle of Muhammad.
But some radical Islamic sects, particularly bin Laden's allies in the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, consider it compulsory for adult Muslims.
Clean-shaven men, and those who trim their beards, were often punished for the perceived crime.
Until now bin Laden has left his beard long and uncut. Some conservative Muslims henna their beards, but it is rare to dye them black. "


reply posted on 12-9-2007 @ 09:05 PM by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Does anyone know a working link to the full quality video (677MB)? All the archive.org links I found are down.

groups.google.com...

Unfortunately, every link that I knew of is currently down, and most links were only up for a few hours.

Some were taken down due to bandwidth issues. (Imagine 100,000 people all trying to download a 677 Meg file.) A few people claimed to have received letters from the government stating that they were distributing terrorist materials. (Which, technically, would be correct.) I do not have either issue -- I do not have permission from the copyright holder to redistribute. (Yes, even As-Sahab has rights under Copyright law.)

There are a couple of different version floating around. The main file, "s.MPG", is 677 Megs (sha1:b4137dc358a68574f8a6849dc332fb19d83a3481). There is also an 86 Meg version with lower quality graphics but all of the audio. I think this file is named "os_asd.rmvb".
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reply posted on 14-9-2007 @ 11:18 AM by DemonicAngelZero
This was on digg today, www.news.com... It says the Latest Bin Laden Videos are fake. I only skimmed it but maybe someone else will find it interesting.


reply posted on 17-9-2007 @ 09:49 AM by EJHoover
reply to post by makeitso



That video is great - it is better than the 'original' - perhaps OBL can go to that production team next time he wants to give a message to the world...



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