A newly released trove of documents confiscated from the Pakistani home in which al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs includes a speech that notes a spike in suicides among U.S. troops because of the brutality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The documents, kept secret by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence until Tuesday, cover an array of themes, and includes one called “The America Speech.”
The speech is not dated, but likely was penned before Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June 2006. Bin Laden said in the speech that Zarqawi had started an organization “whereby Iraq has become a point that attracts and gathers Mujahid energies.” Bin Laden then underscored the psychological impact on U.S. troops as they faced insurgents attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, and noted that one American officer had recently compared U.S. soldiers in Iraq to ducks in a barrel.
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WNU editor: One more reason to be happy knowing that he is dead.
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