Why Does the Terrorist Kingpin Look Better Than He Did in 2001?

Washington’s Blog
May 8, 2011

The Pentagon has released “home made videos” by Bin Laden, supposedly seized from the Pakistani compound in which he was killed:


In the newly-release videos, Bin Laden looks better than he did
years ago. Specifically, this is what Bin Laden looked like in
December 2001:



Bin Laden December 27, 2001 video

Bin Laden was pretty ill by December 2001. As CNN