now. people in the past week have described him as invincible and many could not believe that he was in fact dead. not all of them, many were certainly anti- bin laden claiming him for bringing war to their country and ruining the lives of thousands of people here. but when you see these images, it's very much at odds with the very carefully calculated image that bin laden has projected over the years. people are used to seeing him in a very forceful matter, a figure often seen wearing battle fatigues and carrying a gun, certainly not a man huddled over a television wearing a blanket in a nondescript room and certainly looking much older and much more frail. you're right, he's really going to shake up those perceptions of bin laden and the mythology that's built up around the man. >> it's 4:00 a.m. in kabul and probably too early for a reaction, as the u.s.