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Newly declassified CIA files show how Osama bin Laden kept files on Prince Harry's planned Army mission to Iraq.

And one expert believes the 9/11 mastermind - shot dead by US Navy SEALS in 2011 - was plotting to murder the royal during his military duties in the Middle East.

A huge haul of CIA files from the Pakistani compound where bin Laden died were released last night after six years.

They show the mass murderer kept files on Prince Harry, including news articles about his plans to serve in Iraq in 2007.

One was headlined "Prince Harry moves into the line of fire" and another said "Prince Harry in Iraq could raise troops' risk", according to reports.

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The royal's mission to Afghanistan was scrapped at the last minute amid concerns that he was a high-value target, but he secretly served in Afghanistan's Helmand Province later in 2007.

Terror analyst Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, told The Sun: "Without a doubt it shows Prince Harry was a target for Al-Qaeda - they were gunning for him - and also when he was deployed to Afghanistan.

“The Taliban were gunning for him and Al-Qaeda were gunning for him."

The CIA files also contain a remarkable set of home movies seized from the terror leader's compound, giving a fascinating glimpse into the family life of the world's most wanted man.

Included in the videos are a baby calf being nursed by a cow and then hens and roosters wandering in a farm yard.

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In another home video, young children are seen playing on swings and a slide in a court yard, while others show them playing at home and one in which a boy recites sentences in Arabic.

The feeling of relative normality is added to by footage of the different seasons surrounding the compound, including snowfall and a rainbow.

In another scene an old man appears to show two young men how to shoot a toy gun.

But the videos also include a first shot of an adult Hamza bin Laden, who is expected to rise to prominence as a jihadist and has already featured on Al Qaeda audio clips. In one video he is seen at his wedding.

The CIA released the huge cache of files recovered from bin Laden's computers after he was killed in a raid at his compound in Pakistan in May 2011.

The 470,000 files also include videos including explicit executions alongside ringtones for his phone and cartoons such as Tom and Jerry - and Lucien Freud's portrait of the Queen.

The CIA also recovered bin Laden's personal journal, which includes an entry the day before his death, among more than 18,000 documents, while there are approximately 79,000 audio and image files.

Among the documents is a military guide to guerrilla warfare, apparently issued by the US Marine Corps and a Word document called 'Ruling on Fighting Americans Outside Iraq'.

But the more bizarre files are (a lot of) Tom and Jerry cartoons and various children's films - including Ice Age and Chicken Little - and, with obvious irony, a documentary called 'Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?'.

The jarring list of video files include titles as disparate as 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and 'A mortar attack upon al-Dowra police station in Baghdad'

In press releases that accompany the cache of materials recovered in the raid on May 2, 2011, the CIA said the release is an effort to further enhance public understanding of Al-Qaeda.

The CIA also say that there are files from the collection that remain unreleased, which include pornography, copyrighted materials, and files that 'directly damage efforts to keep the nation secure'.

The release of 470,000 new files were authorised by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

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"Today’s release of recovered al-Qa‘ida letters, videos, audio files and other materials provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of this terrorist organization," said Pompeo.

"CIA will continue to seek opportunities to share information with the American people consistent with our obligation to protect national security."

The CIA says the documents also provide insights into 'the origins of fissures that exist today between al-Qa‘ida and ISIS' as well as strategic, doctrinal and religious disagreements within al-Qaeda and its allies; and hardships that al-Qaeda faced at the time of Bin Laden’s death."

The entire collection has been available to the US Intelligence Community and Department of Defense organizations for years.

The Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) previously released documents from the collection in May 2015, March 2016, and January 2017.

It seeks to provide material relevant to understanding the plans and workings of terrorist organizations.

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The material are posted online at the CIA library in the original Arabic and in as close to the original form as possible, modified only so the files cannot be edited.

The new tranche of material includes al-Qaeda letters, videos, audio files, and communications, as well as routine family correspondence.

The full list of videos are here .

The full list of documents can be found here

The audio files are here and the image files are here .

Here is a list of material being withheld for copyright reasons, which illustrate the Western culture he and his family absorbed...

Antz

Batman Gotham Knight

BBC Great Wildlife Moments

Biography – Osama bin Laden

Cars

Chicken Little

CNN Presents: World’s Most Wanted

Final Fantasy VII

Heroes of Tomorrow

Home on the Range

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

In the Footsteps of bin Laden – CNN

National Geographic: Kung Fu Killers

National Geographic: Inside the Green Berets

National Geographic: Predators at War

National Geographic: World’s Worst Venom

Peru Civilization

Resident Evil

Storm Rider – Clash of the Evils

The Kremlin from Inside

The Story of India

The Three Musketeers

Where in the World is Osama bin Laden