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Fact Check
Bin Laden Was Photographed with Obama, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton?
People have shared the collage since at least 2015 and in various languages, such as Korean, Persian and Spanish.
Aleksandra Wrona
Published Sept. 12, 2024
Image courtesy of X user @Alphafox78
Claim:
Images shared on social media authentically show Osama bin Laden posing with Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton.
Rating:
Fake
About this rating
On Sept. 11, 2024, a collage of three photos purportedly showing 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden with former U.S. President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was posted on X ( archived ). The post's caption read, "Notice anything about this?"
(X user @AlphaFox)
Posts in various languages, such as Korean , Persian , or Spanish , have also shared the images over years. "Thought I unfollowed them all," a 2019 Reddit post read:
TinEye search results showed that the collage has been shared online at least since 2015.
The first of the three pictures allegedly shows Barack Obama posing with bin Laden. However, the original version of that photo did not feature bin Laden. According to one website website, it showed "Attorney Andre Wooten seen here having some quality time with Senator Barack Obama." The photo was captured when the former senator visited Hawaii.
(X user @theMemesBot, Attyandrewooten)
What's more, the image was used for the cover of the book "African American Attorneys In Hawaii," which at the time of this writing was available on Amazon .
The second picture all