Osam Bin Laden calculated how many Americans would have to be killed to force the US from the Middle East,US officials say,citing his seized journal and other files.

The Al-Qaeda leader wrote that smaller attacks since 9/11 were not having the desired impact.Bin Laden also urged his followers to strike smaller cities and hit trains.

The documents were seized during last week's US raid on Bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan in which he was killed.
The Us officials who spoke on condition of anonymity,say Bin Laden's personal,handwritten diary and computer files reveal his hand in every major Al-Qaeda threat.

Seperately,members of Us congress are being shown photos of Bin Laden taken immediately after he was shot dead.Oklahoma Republican senator,James,described the Pictures as pretty "gruesome".One of the shots appeared to have entered to have entered or exited through an ear,he told CNN.
The gunshots left parts of Bin Laden's brain hanging out of his eye socket,Mr.Inhofe said. Full story here
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