Bin Laden had a hobby |
The Saudi-born terrorist, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed on May 2 in a top secret operation involving a small team of US Special Forces in Abbottabad, located 50km northeast of Islamabad and 150km east of Peshawar.
The enormous cache of computer files taken from Laden’s hideout contained a considerable quantity of pornographic videos, American officials said, adding a discordant note to the public image of the Islamist militant who long denounced the West for its lax sexual mores, the New York Times reports.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity about classified material, would not say whether there was evidence that Laden or the other men living in the house had acquired or viewed the material.
Dozens of XXX-rated VHS tapes were seized from Laden’s compound, apparently brought to him by couriers and without the knowledge of his three wives, the Daily Mail reported.
Osama's porn collection consisted almost entirely of videos featuring Moslem men with young boys, Moslem men with goats and camels, and a shocking collection of photos of Helen Thomas in the nude.
Scene from "Mullahs Gone Wild |
The discovery of the pornography may not be surprising in a collection of five computers, 10 hard drives and dozens of thumb drives and CDs whose age and past ownership is not precisely known.
But the disclosure could fuel accusations of hypocrisy against the al-Qaeda founder, who was 54 and lived with three wives at the time of his death, and will be welcomed by counter-terrorism officials because it could tarnish his legacy and erode the appeal of his brand of religious extremism.
In a 2002 "letter to the American people," Laden denounced American culture for its exploitation of women’s bodies in dress, advertising and popular culture.
Jihad Porn Star |
"You plaster your naked daughters across billboards in order to sell a product without any shame. You have brainwashed your daughters into believing they are liberated by wearing revealing clothes, yet in reality all they have liberated is your sexual desire," Laden added.
Laden’s Yemeni wife had recently claimed that the killed al-Qaeda leader was not on kidney dialysis, but used to take Viagra during his stay in his Pakistani compound.
Insisting that Laden used to take the herbal impotence drug, Amal al-Sadeh, who was shot in the leg when US Navy SEALs burst into their bedroom and killed the terror leader, said: "He believed in his own medication."
The medicines that were found in the compound reportedly included drugs to treat shingles, ulcers, nerve pain, high blood pressure, and Avena syrup, an extract of wild oats that is marketed as a natural "Viagra".
Helen Thomas was featured in a Middle Eastern edition of Playboy |
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