Osama bin Laden 'was blind in one eye'

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has given an hour-long account of the life of Osama bin Laden, revealing that the terrorist mastermind was blind in one eye and a one-time Muslim Brotherhood member.
In the video, the third in a series entitled "Days with the Imam," Zawahiri narrates stories about bin Laden who was killed in a raid by US Navy Seals in May 2011 at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Zawahiri revealed "for those who do not know" that Saudi-born bin Laden was left blind in the right eye after an accident in his youth.
He also said bin Laden was a former member of the Saudi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood before being evicted for insisting on jihad against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Bin Laden travelled to Pakistan to deliver cash aid to the jihadists in Peshawar but defied orders from the Brotherhood and joined the armed struggle, Zawahiri said.
Zawahiri's latest video, in which he is dressed in a white cloak and turban, was posted on a jihadist forum.
The clip appeared to be around two months old as he offered greetings to Muslims for the start of the fasting month of Ramadan which ended on August 20.