US Seized bin Laden's Handwritten Journal, Too

No personal stuff: He wrote about missions and al-Qaeda
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2011 4:10 PM CDT
US Seized Osama bin Laden's Hand-Written Journal in Raid
In this photo made from video released by the US, Osama bin Laden watches television in his Abbottabad compound.   (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

Among the goodies seized from Osama bin Laden's compound is a personal journal written by the man himself, a US official tells the National Journal. No embarrassing personal revelations, though: It's strictly business—in this case, al-Qaeda operations. “There doesn’t seem to be anything in there like, ‘I had trouble with one of my wives today,'" the official says. Assuming it holds up, the journal is further proof that bin Laden remained active in the terror group's planning until his final days. (More Osama bin Laden stories.)

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