Is Osama bin Laden not in Pakistan or Afghanistan after all?

This new bin Laden video might provide vital clues at to where the al Qaeda leader is hiding. One thing that is notable about it is that his beard is black in the advanced still that has been released, rather than white-flecked as it was back in 2004. Now it is unlikely that bin Laden can get supplies of Just for Men on the run and Dick Clarke, the US’s former terrorism czar, is speculating that it might actually be a false beard. Clark thinks that this suggests bin Laden might be living somewhere where beards are unusual such as the Philippines or Indonesia. It would be a sweet irony if this video helped close the net on bin Laden.