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Familiar face of Osama bin Laden, an ageing fugitive

15 January 2010 13:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ayaz Abdulla â€“ APA. The â€age-progression imagesâ€ were produced in the latest effiort to find the elusive al-Qaeda leader. RIA Novosti reported APA quoting â€œTimesâ€ newspaper. FBI forensic artists modified bin Ladenâ€™s facial features to show what they might look like today.
Osama bin Laden has aged a little since he was last seen in September 2007 but has put on little or no weight in the arid surroundings of the Afghan-Pakistani border â€” that, at least, is the assumption made by FBI forensic artists as the agency continues its relentless search for the al-Qaeda leader.
Digitally enhanced photographs have been released showing how he might look today; one in his traditional outfit, the other showing him with trimmed beard and Western clothing. He wore the same white turban and traditional white long-sleeved Sunni shirt that extends below the knees
â€œIt is our hope that these digitally enhanced images will help someone recognise these terrorist suspects and then contact the Rewards for Justice program with information that leads to their apprehension,â€ Robert Eckert, assistant director for Diplomatic Securityâ€™s Threat Information and Analysis Directorate, said.