The American public will soon be able to read some of Osama bin Laden's last written or typed words.

Navy commandos gathered the documents when they raided bin Laden's compound in Pakistan last year, and they will be made available by the Army's Combating Terrorism Centre at the US Military Academy this week.

The trove included correspondence between the terror leader and his far-flung affiliates, and a diary written in bin Laden's own hand.

Intelligence officials said the trove shows how the terror group works and provides evidence that bin Laden was helping plot attacks on US targets.

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