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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: it's definitely one of the growing pains of egypt's 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 isn't as tight as we have seen before, so we're seeing a lot more of these sectarian clashes than w...

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 don't 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: it's become an iconic image, the president and top officials in the white house situation room monitoring the navy getting osama bin laden. until now seeing a mission unfold in real time...

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, he's vice president of business development at harris corporation. >> explain this technology for our viewers, how does it work? >> first of all, we just don't 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 what's in front of me here and whether it be a small hand held radio which was attached to each one of the gear ...

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 actual conduct of the operation itself as they were going through the compound. >> reporter: general mora...

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, it's 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: well, i think that the stark contrast between the osama bin laden that wanted to present himself to ...