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This is like one of those "before and after" cosmetic surgery ads in which the "before" photo is deliberately unflattering, with harsh directional lighting. True, the quality of the "confession" video is very poor, as is the quality of this reproduction, but did the "truth-seekers" really use a representative video still? For example, at right is another video still of Bin Laden. It's also from a poor-quality video with bad lighting, but I think we can agree that he looks like the "long nose" Bin Laden in the photo on the above right, yes? But if I had chosen the worst still from that video, bin Laden might look more like me or like Fidel Castro or like the guy in the photo at the above left.

Well guess what? The still at right is also from the confession video. It's the same man, in the same setting, as the "short nose" Bin Laden. My, how deceiving people can be when they cherry-pick information! So, "truth seekers," what do you have to say for yourselves? How interested are you in finding the truth? I await your answer.

Bin Laden appears in the confession video for about 30 minutes, but the "truth seekers" pick the SINGLE worst frame of him and claim it's an actor. They claim the discovery of the video by the military was "miraculous," i.e. impossible. They say it was made by the Pentagon. They say "The U.S. news media has yet to report that the video is a fake." I know one thing: someone’s nose isn’t getting shorter around here.

Truth seekers, perhaps you're forgetting that some people actually investigate your claims out and find them wanting. And when someone discovers that you've been trying to fool them, how likely is it that they will "report on any of the news stories" you think are important?

A.B.C.

1. Bin Laden is 6'4"-6'6" tall. This man had to duck going through the doorway.
2. Short nose?
3. His typical big watch, and ring on the right hand. Conspiracy theorists (referred to hereafter as "CTs") like to point out that Islam forbids men to wear gold, and that this can't be Bin Laden because he wouldn't be wearing a gold ring. However, Bin Laden appears in many photos wearing a ring. The man sitting to Bin Laden's right in the video also wears a ring. The rings are gold in color. Are they made of gold? Perhaps they are. This should be self-evident, but Bin Laden is not known as a stickler for keeping to Islamic law. Critics have also said that this video must be a fake because it shows bin Laden writing with his right hand, and an FBI report says bin Laden is left- handed. However, other videos, such as "The Paladin of Jihad," (http://www.karim.co.nr/) show bin Laden writing with his right hand, so that argument is also false. The photos below are not from the confession video. They show bin Laden's ring and right-handed writing.

Some 9/11 conspiracy theorists claim that bin Laden and al Qaeda either don't exist or are actually run by the U.S. government. That is false. Al Qaeda and bin Laden remain terrorist threats, and bin Laden has taken credit for the 9/11 attacks, and promised more, several times. One of his more notorious speeches is the "no security" videotape, which can be seen, with a transcript by al-Jazeera, here: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79C6AF22-98FB-4A1C-B21F-2BC36E87F61F.htm

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