CIA Releases Files Showing Bin Laden Bent on Spectacular US Attack Until the End

By Dan De Luce. Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting.

Documents that were declassified on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of Al-Qaeda’s founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation with the group’s media image.

“The focus should be on killing and fighting the American people and their representatives,” the late Al-Qaeda figurehead wrote.

The letter was among thousands of files found by US Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011 when they descended on Bin Laden’s hideout in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad and shot him dead.

US intelligence agencies have now declassified more than 100 of these documents taken from Bin Laden’s archive, after lawmakers ordered the move and critics accused the CIA of withholding material. (Read more from “Bin Laden Bent on Spectacular US Attack Until the End: Files” HERE)
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Bin Laden: Focus on Killing Americans, not Each Other

By Maxwell Tani. Fearful for his death in 2008, Osama bin Laden had big plans for his family.

In a video letter released by the CIA on Wednesday, the former 9/11 mastermind ordered his son to fight against the West in the event that the elder bin Laden was killed.

“Jihad is an obligated duty for all adults, so he has to conduct jihad,” bin Laden said of his son Usama. . .

From the strategic and theological discussions to the mundane details of domestic funding and security measures, the documents show the man behind 9/11 preoccupied with once again attacking the West in a spectacular fashion.

“The focus should be on killing and fighting the American people and their representatives,” Bin Laden wrote in one of the newly revealed documents. (Read more from this story about OBL’s plans for a spectacular attack HERE)

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