Bin Laden left $29 million to jihad- will

Mar 02, 2016, 12:25
Bin Laden left $29 million to jihad- will

Bin Laden himself explained how it worked in letters such as one in early 2011 to one of his wives, seeking her advice on how to exploit the news media to hype the triumph of the upcoming tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I hope that you review them and give me your impressions.

"Whoever allies and cooperates with the American crusader forces...is an apostate and infidel, whose blood is lawful, and who must be killed", bin Laden wrote.

Bin Laden wrote in the 22-page letter: "I felt obligated to transmit to you my comments and the comments of the brothers regarding some of the things that the book contained that contradict the facts that you and I and they witnessed..." Saying that arrangements were hard because his security personnel have been exhausted. The letters indicate his wife Khairiah was able to send her responses back to her husband.

Media reports over the years have said that bin Laden was not able to take his fortune with him from Sudan.

Bin Laden fretted about the Central Intelligence Agency drone program, which was picking off so many key members of al Qaeda in the Pakistani tribal region of Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.

Interestingly, bin Laden also appears to have considered moving from Abbottabad in January 2011, some five months before his eventual death, but apparently not because he believed he was being tracked.

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New documents released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveal more information about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. In addition, the group should execute a French hostage just before the country's national elections in 2012, an attempt to harm Nicolas Sarkozy, the president at the time.

The review is ongoing, with the next release expected later this year.

The material that was released on Tuesday, reflects on a variety of issues, including reporting fissures between AQ and AQ in Iraq and Osama's concern about the group's public image and his desire to depict it as a united organisation.

"Let me know in detail about anything that bothers you about any hospital in Iran or any suspicions that any of the brothers may have about chips planted in any way", bin Laden wrote. "I promised him that I would reward him if he took it out of the (Sudanese) government".

The letters include his will and discussions on how to handle ransom funds received in return for a released Afghan ambassador.

In a final wistful paragraph, he asks for forgiveness "if I have done what you did not like". The letter is undated but appears to have been written in 2010.

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Tuesday's disclosures follow two previous releases from the massive trove of bin Laden files found at his hiding place in Pakistan.

Another 1 per cent was to be given to Abu Ibrahim al-Iraqi Sa'ad for helping to set up bin Laden's first company in Sudan, Wadi al-Aqiq Co.

The sum was part of bin Laden's share of a massive fortune his family built through contracts on construction projects for the Saudi royal family.

In his handwritten will, bin Laden claimed he had about $29 million in personal wealth - the bulk of which he wanted to be used "on jihad, for the sake of Allah", The Associated Press reported.

Bin Laden was also was often consumed with more immediate challenges.

Despite the pressures he was under, while he was in hiding, bin Laden tried to maintain control of al Qaeda affiliates around the Muslim world.

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