Osama Images

• US appeals court rules Osama bin Laden's death photos can stay secret

  A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

• How the US shapes the military's big screen image

  The CIA and the Pentagon pulled out all the stops for the creators of "Zero Dark Thirty," staging interviews with officials and a Navy SEAL for an inside account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

• Osama wanted Obama assassinated, so 'inexperienced' Biden would take over

  Osama bin Laden showed disdain for Al Qaeda affiliates, fretted about his organization's image and was deeply worried about its security, according to documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan and released publicly on Thursday.

• No need to release Osama pictures: US

  The US does not plan to release images related to the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan fearing that this might incite emotions, a top counter terrorism official has said ahead of the first death anniversary of the al-Qaeda chief. "There's no need to release the photos and video because there's no doubt whatsoever that Bin Laden i...

• MP to sue FBI for using his image in Osama poster

  Spanish lawmaker Gaspar Llamazares, spokesman for the United Left coalition, plans to sue the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for using his image to create an updated wanted poster for the late Osama bin Laden.

• Osama wanted new name for Al Qaeda to repair image

  As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that Al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that was bad for business. The West was winning the public relations fight. All his old comrades were dead and he barely knew their replacements.Fa...

• Pentagon releases satellite images of Osama's compound

  Satellite pictures and a sketched diagram of Osama bin Laden's custom-made hideout in Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan, were released by the US Department of Defence on Monday, providing further detail of the compound where the al-Qaida leader had been hiding for years.The elaborately fortified compound was the scene the US Navy Seals' assault on Frid...

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  FBI based Bin Laden image on Spanish lawmaker

  A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today.

• US releases age-enhanced images of Osama

  The US government has released a digitally enhanced photo of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden as he may look now without his beard.