The Pentagon's decision to release home videos of Osama Bin Laden's life in his Pakistan compound has backfired with growing concern over the small television set the leader of al-Qaeda had to watch his favorite programs.
'It's not right in this day and age,' said Mildred Bottrell (42 inch Sony LCD HD Ready 1080p with Dolby All-Round Sound and free television licence. 'I mean he was an old man and all he had was that horrible little 12 inch TV. I felt proper sorry for him having to watch Strictly on that. No wonder he went about killing folk.'
But Pentagon sources said the size of Bin Laden's TV set reflected the superiority of Western civilization. 'Anyhow, he only watched stuff about himself on Al Jazeera,' one said.
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