WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the public will soon be able to read some of Osama bin Laden’s last written or typed words — made available by the U.S. Army’s Combating Terrorism Center at West Point military academy this week.

Navy SEALs gathered the documents when they raided bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2 last year.

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This is an undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone but its affiliates remain a threat to America, U.S. intelligence officials say. (AP Photo)
This is an undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone but its affiliates remain a threat to America, U.S. intelligence officials say. (AP Photo) AP

The trove included correspondence between the terror leader and his far flung affiliates, and a diary written in bin Laden’s own hand.

Intelligence officials say the trove shows how the terror group works and evidence that bin Laden was helping plot attacks on American targets.

The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly. It was unclear today whether the documents would be available online or at a library.

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