Was Bin Laden a Fan of Video Games?

A boy plays with a tennis ball in front of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. The house was later demolished. (File photo: Reuters)
A boy plays with a tennis ball in front of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. The house was later demolished. (File photo: Reuters)
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Was Bin Laden a Fan of Video Games?

A boy plays with a tennis ball in front of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. The house was later demolished. (File photo: Reuters)
A boy plays with a tennis ball in front of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. The house was later demolished. (File photo: Reuters)

Slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was apparently a fan of video games and cartoons, Britain’s The Daily Mail has reported.

Bin Laden played a number of popular games, including Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy VII and Dragon Ball Z, the newspaper said.

The revelation was discovered in a large batch of files and documents recovered from his computer after US forces killed him in a raid on his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011.

The documents were released on Wednesday by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The CIA documents also showed that bin Laden was a fan of cute viral videos on YouTube. One video that al-Qaeda’s leader liked to watch is the famous ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ clip from 2007.

Bin Laden also had the Biography channel's film about himself along with 'CNN Presents: World's Most Wanted.'

The latter film debuted in 2006 and featured the world's top three most-wanted terrorists: bin Laden, his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri, and al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

But the more bizarre files are Tom and Jerry cartoons and various children's films - including Ice Age and Chicken Little.



Iran Says Its Stance toward Nuclear Talks with US Remains Constant

Iran's and US' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Iran's and US' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Iran Says Its Stance toward Nuclear Talks with US Remains Constant

Iran's and US' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Iran's and US' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Iran remains committed to diplomacy with the United States, the government said on Monday, after a fourth round of nuclear talks with Washington was postponed over the weekend, Reuters reported.

"We have announced our commitment to continuing the path of dialogue and diplomacy, and we have shown our full readiness by participating in several rounds of negotiations," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said.

Iran awaits details from mediator Oman regarding the continuation of talks with the US, he added.

Oman had said the fourth round of nuclear discussions provisionally planned for May 3 would be rescheduled for logistical reasons.