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Papers from Bin Laden's compound now on West Point website

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    Documents show Al Qaeda had tensions with Iran

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Is -- Solomon a lot what's fascinating.

By attacking America still the very end.

And that's what we're learning from documents we've just gotten from his compound in Pakistan.

You can now see them on the web point there on the well on West Point web site.

They reveal al-Qaeda also had issues with the Iran.

The terror network and Tehran were apparently haggling over the release of al-Qaeda operatives who went to Iran after the US invaded Afghanistan.

The documents also show bin Laden wanted to assassinate President Obama -- and bin Laden's words the -- -- prepared vice president Joseph Biden.

Would become president.

It's the top story at the bottom of the hour and our chief intelligence correspondent Catherine -- -- zone in Washington these documents -- also show that bin Laden seemed a little concerned about the competition.

That's -- -- the documents just been -- might have been a bit jealous of the American clear and more all locking and his meteoric rise.

Describing him as untested not the real deal an armchair jihadist.

Even asking the clear to -- -- his vision for the future of al-Qaeda in Yemen for bin Laden to grade.

In September 20 -- in -- wrote.

We would like further assurances for example over here we are generally assured after people go to the battlefield and -- tested there.

And the documents also turn conventional wisdom on its head.

His -- years been laden was not so isolated corresponding with at least a half dozen of his lieutenants and there are some questions about the timing of all of this -- When a -- the briefing today the White House was -- twice to explain whether the timing releasing the documents this week was driven by politics.

The process of identifying and it is also the case that because of the renewed interest in on this and diversity in the mission that.

Led to bin Laden's demise that this was deemed an appropriate time to release them.

And the apparent rollover a roll -- rather is not over yet this weekend in nine elevenths suspects including the mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed.

We'll be arraigned at the military -- Guantanamo Bay in this is the second time.

KSM and the others will be arraigned in the same military courtroom by the he -- they were were -- their pardon me by the bush team.

That trial was put on hold when President Obama tried to close gitmo and failed shepherd.

Catherine Herridge live in Washington thanks.

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