The Pentagon has released home videos of Osama Bin Laden, seized at the secret compound in Pakistan where he was shot dead by US special forces last week.
The tapes show him watching himself on television, and preparing a video message addressed to the US. At a news briefing in Washington, the Pentagon also released a propaganda video recorded by Bin Laden.
In total, five videos were seized during Monday's US commando raid.
In the first video, filmed in October or November 2010, Bin Laden is shown wearing a white skullcap and white robes as he speaks to the camera in the style of previous video addresses by the al-Qaeda leader.
There is no audio on the film, but Pentagon officials said it was a message to the United States. Three other clips appear to be a rehearsal for the video message, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond in Washington.
It is the first such film to emerge since al-Qaeda released a video address from Bin Laden in 2007, says our correspondent. In another of the videos, Bin Laden is shown watching a programme about himself on Arabic language television.
He is shown sitting on the floor wrapped in what looks like a blanket or a coat, holding a remote control.
As he watches TV he strokes his beard, which appears much greyer than it does in the propaganda video. There is nothing in the videos to place Bin Laden in the compound where he was killed.
But the clips' release is part of the ongoing effort by the US administration to convince doubters that Osama Bin Laden was killed in last Monday's raid, says our correspondent.
Last Monday's US raid has yielded the "single largest collection of senior terrorist materials ever," a senior US defence official said on Saturday. Officials are examining computers, DVDs, hard drives and documents seized from the Abbottabad home where Bin Laden may have hidden for up to six years.
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