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Between christians and muslims and i want to know how does this play into what some would say is a rather uncertain path on the part of egyptians to democracy? >> reporter: its definitely one of the growing pains of egypts transformation into democracy, earlier this year al qaeda pulled egyptians to attack coptic christians in egypt for a woman that was said to have converted. after the mubarak regime kept a tight lid on the -- and as egypt is growing through this transitional period, security i...

Him dishevelled, old, looking at a small tv, not looking quite like a man who was in charge of a terrorist network. the operation of course to capture or kill osama bin laden was planned over many months. it was executed in just minutes. >> we dont know if the white house watched as it happened. but the technology does exist to see every moment in real time and mary snow shows us one such system. >> reporter: its become an iconic image, the president and top officials in the white house situatio...

Information instantly. something that could have taken days to do in the past. mary snow, cnn, washington. retired army general dennis moran joins us live from our washington bureau, hes vice president of business development at harris corporation. >> explain this technology for our viewers, how does it work? >> first of all, we just dont know what really occurred on the ground in that great mission just barely a week ago. but we do know that there was technology very similar to whats in front...

Kind of technology the military now uses. >> they watch tv and shows like "24" and they think this kind of capability is just science fiction. >> reporter: general moran works for a company supplies the military and special forces with equipment to transmit sound and images from battlefields, moran says he does not know what kind of technology was used in the osama bin laden raid. and >> we had some observation of the approach there, but we did not have direct flow of information as to the actua...

Barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> lots of international relations damaged by this, deep mistrust between the u.s. and pakistan at the moment. >> so the question is how will the release of these tapes affect already strained relations. i suspect in the very early hours of the morning there in islamabad, its going to be difficult to garner reaction, but if i could ask you, first of all, from the osama bin laden that you knew and you have studied, what did you make of these tapes? >> reporter: w...

>> the reason to come over here to occupy sources. >> thinks bin laden was actually in abbottabad. [ spent foreign language ] >> if so sam a is killed, then didnt the americans show -- like a -- >> reporter: if you saw the body would you believe it? >> maybe, maybe. maybe. >> maybe. >> show the whole world, pakistan the rest of the country. it is possible they killed him. >> reporter: pakistani government admits he was here. >> if this is true then why are they not showing his body?

His terrorist career certainly with the wives in his family, the daughters. >> reporter: bin laden married at least five times. start when he was about 17 and had at least four wives at the time of his death. the wife and daughter apparently left behind are now in pakistani custody. a former pakistani spokesman said they will likely be repatriated to the wifes country of origin. >> depends which country they are from and it will -- we will tell you how they did with the people who -- i think the...

Afghanistans last presidential election says a hasty american pullout would only encourage terrorists and raise the threat of another attack on the u.s. itself. >> this would first and foremost look at it from your interest. >> reporter: there are some afghans celebrating bin ladens demise. his brother was assassinated and widely accepted bin laden gave the order. ahmeds image has pride of place in kabul. the anniversary of his death is a national holiday. hailed as a freedom fighter and who foo...

>> reporter: bin laden kept an extraordinarily low profile. he didnt have a lot of security at the compound and may have been counting on key pakistani sources to tip him off if u.s. forces were closing in. >> he was expecting someone in the intelligence services, which he must have had some friends there to inform him. guess what, since we didnt tell them, they couldnt tell him. we did it right. >> reporter: the two phone numbers sewn into his clothing could be valuable clues, along with a trea...

Here. we have talked to a number of senators, house members, democrats, republicans, who say they believe its the right thing not to release this because of a number of reasons. listen to what kay bailey hutchinson also said. >> a doubt ter is going to doubt a picture as much as they doubt dna evidence and every other verification that we have given. so i dont see any point in the picture that will certainly be there. >> reporter: so, again, ive talked to republicans who disagree with the presid...