Osama Bin Laden’s Pornography Collection

A collection of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces who killed him. 

According to U.S. government officials, the collection of pornography found in the compound of the leader of Al Qaeda in Abbottabad, Pakistan, includes modern video recorded electronically and is quite extensive. 

Where he was hiding bin Laden, in Abbottabad, Pakistan 
Under anonymity, the officials said they still were not sure about the exact location where the collection of pornography was or who was using it. They also say they did not know if bin Laden had purchased or seen the material. 

The complex where he was hiding bin Laden had no connection to the Internet or other communication networks to cable. Thus, it is unclear how residents of the house managed to buy pornography. Videos seized by U.S. forces and released by the Pentagon, however, shows bin Laden watching images of themselves in stories of Arab TV networks, indicating that the complex had video playback equipment. 

Materials removed from the complex by the commands include the U.S. digital drives, which, according to U.S. officials, must have been the principal means by which electronic messages were sent to the leader of al-Qaeda. 

Three other U.S. officials who know the evidence collected during investigations of other Islamic militants said the discovery of pornography is not unusual in such cases. 

On Friday, the White House said that Pakistan has granted access to the U.S. government to widows of Osama bin Laden, for questioning about the presence of the leader of Al Qaeda in Pakistan. 

According to the Department of Defense, the U.S. government asked three widows of the leader of Al Qaeda. The Pentagon spokesman, Col. Dave Lapan, however, declined to give details about the content of questions or even whether the interrogation will continue. 

Seen as rich sources of information on planned terrorist attacks from Al Qaeda, the widows of bin Laden may not be a mine of information that some suppose, since they have a life of incarceration, according to some officials and analysts. According to the strict code of Islam followed by bin Laden, they have never met with men outside their immediate family and were not informed by bin Laden about his business. 

There are conflicting reports about how many women and children there are and who they are. Initial reports indicated that 12 women and children were in the room, but now it seems that there was even 17. Some of the information given by intelligence officers seem to raise doubts about the report of U.S. military action, as presented by the U.S. authorities, but none have been verified independently. 

Pakistani security officials, requesting anonymity, said that along with the widows had 13 children, eight of whom were bin Laden. 

The fourth woman, a Pakistani who was injured in the attack, said the officers who first arrived at the house that her husband was killed, said Asad Munir, a retired brigadier and former intelligence officer. Her husband was Arshad Khan, the messenger of trust of bin Laden, who owned the house and protected him for over five years.