Laden wanted much of fortune spent 'on jihad'

In his handwritten will, former al-Qaida 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 on 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-Qaida leader planned to divide his fortune among his relatives, but wanted most of it spent to conduct the work of the extremist terror network behind the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. The will did not disclose much detail about where he amassed his wealth, but bin Laden's father ran a successful construction company in Saudi Arabia for years, and the will noted that $12 million was from his brother on behalf of the Bin Laden Co.