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Usama Bin Ladin's Personal Journal (Abbottabad Compound)

This 228-page document is a set of photographs of a handwritten personal journal attributed to al-Qa'ida leader Usama Bin Ladin, recovered by the CIA during the 2 May 2011 raid on his Abbottabad, Pakistan compound. According to the releasing agency (CIA), the journal was made public as part of its 1 November 2017 release of Abbottabad compound material and includes an entry dated the day before Bin Ladin's death. The CIA notes the photographs were taken in the urgent hours after the raid while Intelligence Community analysts reviewed the recovered material in search of clues to ongoing al-Qa'ida plots and the identities and locations of al-Qa'ida personnel. The extractable text is Arabic-language handwriting rendered largely illegible by OCR; substantive content is drawn from the publisher's page context.

Source: November 2017 Release of Abbottabad Compound Materialcia.govIncident May 2011Released Nov 1, 2017Discovered Jul 4, 2026116.8 MBdocument
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Description

Photographs of a handwritten Arabic-language journal attributed to Usama Bin Ladin, recovered by the CIA during the May 2011 raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and publicly released as part of the 1 November 2017 disclosure of Abbottabad compound material. The images were captured in the hours following the raid as US Intelligence Community analysts reviewed recovered material.

Claims

  • The CIA states the journal belonged to Usama Bin Ladin and was recovered during the May 2011 Abbottabad raid.

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  • The journal is Usama Bin Ladin's personal handwritten journal recovered in the May 2011 Abbottabad raid.

    85%
  • The journal includes an entry dated the day before Bin Ladin's death, per the releasing agency.

    85%
  • Photographs of the journal were taken in the urgent hours after the raid during Intelligence Community review.

    85%
  • The journal includes an entry written the day before Bin Ladin's death.

    80%
  • The photographs were taken in the urgent hours after the raid as IC analysts searched for clues to ongoing al-Qa'ida plots and personnel.

    80%

Events

  1. Oct 31, 2017

    CIA release of Abbottabad compound material

    CIA publicly released photographs of Bin Ladin's journal along with other recovered material.

  2. May 1, 2011

    Raid on Bin Ladin's Abbottabad compound

    US military raid on the compound in which Usama Bin Ladin was killed and computer files, digital media, and this journal were recovered.

  3. Apr 30, 2011

    Abbottabad raid on Usama Bin Ladin's compound

    US operation in which Bin Ladin was killed and the journal, computer files, and digital media were recovered.

Dates mentioned

2011-052017-11-01

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