The flourish with which Osama bin Laden signed his alleged call to battle against the "infidels" and "crusader Americans" on Monday night means he is egotistic, fundamentally unsure of his talents, chronically unhappy and in need of protection.
The analysis, by the British Institute of Graphologists, came within hours of the Qatari television channel al-Jazeerah receiving a fax allegedly sent by bin Laden to build up support within Pakistan for the fight on behalf of Afghanistan’s ruling Taleban.