Osama Bin Laden was a fan of 9/11 conspiracy theories, according to a newly released list of English language books found in his Pakistan hideout

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The list was among documents belonging to the former al-Qaeda chief published by the US government this week.

Among tomes on law and military strategy are books claiming the US was complicit in the 9/11 attacks.

The release comes shortly after the fourth anniversary of Bin Laden's death at the hands of US special forces.

The list of English-language books - which were all digital copies rather than printed editions - reads like a university reading list, largely made up of serious texts on international relations, politics and law.

A sizable collection of manuals for computer programs, printers and virus protection software paint a picture of the more banal side of life as the world's most wanted man.
'Illuminati'

Bin Laden also owned books by famed Watergate scandal reporter Bob Woodward and US academic Noam Chomsky.

And his interest in conspiracy theories was not confined to 9/11 - there were also books on the kinds of powerful shadowy elites obsessed over by conspiracy theorists, including the "Illuminati" and "Committee of 300".