WASHINGTON Osama bin Laden tried to orchestrate a plot to kill President Barack Obama by ordering his terrorist network to target presidential aircraft, according to an administration official citing documents found in the al Qaeda leader's compound in Pakistan after his death last May.

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The White House apologised after a presidential jet accompanied by a fighter aircraft flew low and close to tall buildings, causing consternation in lower Manhattan , with some workers fleeing their offices.

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Low flying aircraft bombed targets around the north end of the presidential compound and near the Planning Ministry.

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