Osama Bin Laden had €500 and two secret telephone numbers sewn into his clothes when he was killed, US sources have revealed.

The cash and contact numbers were discovered by US special forces who carried the terrorist leader's body after shooting him on Monday.

It was also revealed today that the ground commander was meant to use the code word "Geronimo" to indicate that Bin Laden had been killed or caught.

Instead he shouted: "For God and country, Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo", according to MSNBC. 

The body of Bin Laden was first taken to a hangar in Afghanistan before being transferred to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and subsequently buried at sea after an Islamic rite.

Security experts are now examining computer hard drives and documents recovered from Bin Laden's compound.

No decision has been taken yet on whether a picture of Bin Laden after being shot will be published, with the US administration having said yesterday that it is 'gruesome'.

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