Osama bin Laden dedicated much of his fortune to jihad

Osama bin Laden dedicated much of his fortune to jihad

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his handwritten will, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed he had about $29 million in personal wealth — the bulk of which he wanted to be used "on jihad, for the sake of Allah."

The will was released Tuesday 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-Qaeda 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 Sept. 11 attacks.

NH Union Leader confesses it erred in backing Christie
Massachusetts

NH Union Leader confesses it erred in backing Christie

NBP Staff

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The largest newspaper in New Hampshire published an editorial Monday confessing that its endorsement of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in last month's first-in-the-nation presidential primary left it with "egg" on its face, citing the governor's turnabout to back Donald Trump.

Christie declared his support for the bombastic billionaire "despite specifically telling us that he would never endorse him," the New Hampshire Union Leader said in an editorial by Joe McQuaid, the publisher of the Manchester-based newspaper.

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