An AFP journalist looks at a page displayed on the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence May 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The CIA declassified an Al-Qaeda recruitment form and around 100 other documents from Bin Laden's archive on May 20, 2015, allowing an insight into his thinking in his final years. The documents were among intelligence materials seized by US commandos on May 2, 2011 after they stormed Bin Laden's hideout in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad and shot him dead. AFP PHOTO
An AFP journalist looks at a page displayed on the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence May 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The CIA declassified an Al-Qaeda recruitment form and around 100 other documents from Bin Laden's archive on May 20, 2015, allowing an insight into his thinking in his final years. The documents were among intelligence materials seized by US commandos on May 2, 2011 after they stormed Bin Laden's hideout in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad and shot him dead. AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON: Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting.

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