The will was released overnight in a
batch of more than 100 documents seized in a May 2011 raid that killed
bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The al-Qaida leader planned to
divide his fortune among his relatives, but wanted most of it spent to
conduct the work of the Islamic extremist terror network behind the
September 11 attacks.
The will did not disclose much
detail about where he amassed his wealth, but bin Laden's father ran a
successful construction company in Saudi Arabia for years, and the will
noted that $18 million was from his brother on behalf of the Bin Laden
Co.
The threat of sudden death was on his mind years before the fatal raid in Pakistan.
"If I am to be killed," he
wrote in a 2008 letter to his father, "pray for me a lot and give
continuous charities in my name, as I will be in great need for support
to reach the permanent home."
Fears over tracking device
The letters were included in a batch of documents released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
In
a letter to one of his wives who had been living in Iran, bin Laden
expressed worry that her visit to a dentist could have presented the
Iranians an opportunity to implant a small chip under her skin,
apparently as a tracking device.
"My dear wife," he began. "I
was told that you went to a dentist in Iran, and you were concerned
about a filling she put in for you.
"Please let me know in detail ... any suspicions that any of the brothers may have about chips planted in any way."
The Iranian dentist might have used a slightly enlarged syringe to make such an implant, bin Laden wrote in the letter.
"The size of the chip is about the length of a grain of wheat and the width of a fine piece of vermicelli," bin Laden said.
He asked her to recall the exact date of her dental work, "also about any surgery you had, even if it was only a quick pinch."
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