Osama Bin Laden banned Al Qaeda from trying to assassinate Joe Biden

The former Al Qaeda chief wanted to see then president Barack Obama taken out due to the prospect of having Biden as leader for the US, he explained in a 2010 letter.

Bin Laden believed that Biden would cause crisis as US leader.

Osama bin Laden banned any assassination attempt against Joe Biden when he was Vice President to Barack Obama.

Former Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden, the instigator for the September 11 attacks, pushed for a plot against Obama partly because he felt that Biden would be less competent as his replacement.

He reportedly wrote to an aide in 2010: “Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the US into a crisis.”

The letter to Atiyah Abd al-Rahman was found among other documents at the Pakistan compound where he was killed by US soldiers in 2011.

While it was first brought to light in 2012, it is now being pointed to by opponents of Biden over his handling of the Afghanistan crisis.

Biden has been criticised for his handling of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan

The withdrawal of Western forces allowed the Taliban to gain the upper hand and they were able to topple Kabul quicker than expected last Sunday.

Bin Laden said in the letter: “’Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make Biden take over the presidency for the remainder of the term, as it is the norm over there.

The terrorist also wanted a hit on ex-CIA director David Patraeus.

He wrote: “As for Patraeus he is the man of the hour in this last year of the war and killing him would alter the war’s path.”

The purpose of the 48-page letter was generally to push for attacks directly against the US and not in...

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