CBS News just broadcast an image of Osama bin Laden, sans beard and hair. They said that because we have not seen his image recently via tape, he must have shaved his beard.
Analysts said bin Laden’s voice in both tapes sounded healthy, firm and rested but point out that for the third time since fighting in Afghanistan sent him running for his life he chose an audiotape instead of a picture or video to communicate with the world.
Why? Perhaps, analysts suggest, it’s because he has shaved his beard, cut his hair and otherwise changed his appearance to avoid being recognized. Or maybe, they suggest, because he’s wounded.
Like everything else about this subject, I think it’s a wild leap. But the image itself was certainly amusing. Perhaps they should also age his picture and put it on those junk mailings we all get.
