In a previously undisclosed video which has been circulating for 14 days among his supporters, he confesses that "history should be a witness that we are terrorists. Yes, we kill their innocents".
In the footage, shot in the Afghan mountains at the end of October, a smiling bin Laden goes on to say that the World Trade Centre's twin towers were a "legitimate target" and the pilots who hijacked the planes were "blessed by Allah".
Bin Laden: Served Tea, bread and jam to journalist Hamid Mir.
After an hour and 40 minutes, tea, bread and jam were served. Then bin Laden left and Mir's guides indicated that it was time for him to leave. He was rolled up in a blanket and driven back to Kabul, where he was told to make his own way out of Afghanistan.Hmm... I wonder if he got to keep the blanket?