Bin Laden appears only when he wants to be seen.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: September 10, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Kim Barker

KABUL, Afghanistan _ Five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Osama bin Laden is seen only when he wants to be seen.

In a new videotape released last week, he appears huddled in the rugged mountains of southern Afghanistan with two of the aides who helped plan the attacks, then shaking hands with dozens of supporters at a training camp, possibly including several of the hijackers themselves. Made by al-Qaida's media branch and broadcast on Al-Jazeera, it was intended as an ominous reminder of the kind of terror that al-Qaida can unleash.

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