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2019-07-31 Afghanistan

[NBCNews] U.S. has intel that Osama bin Laden's son and heir, Hamza, is dead, officials say

WASHINGTON ‐ The United States has obtained intelligence that the son and potential successor of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden, is dead, according to three U.S. officials.

The officials would not provide details of where or when Hamza bin Laden died or if the U.S. played a role in his death. It is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed his death.

Hamza bin Laden's last known public statement was released by al Qaeda's media arm in 2018. In that, he threatened Saudi Arabia and called on the people of the Arabian peninsula to revolt.

Hamza bin Laden is believed to have been born around 1989. His father moved to Afghanistan in 1996 and declared war against the U.S. Hamza went with him and appeared in al Qaeda propaganda videos. As leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden oversaw operations against Western targets that culminated in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center and on the Pentagon.

Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 during a raid on his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound. Hamza was not found at the compound. Letters seized from the compound suggested the elder bin Laden wanted his son to join him in Abbottabad and was grooming him as a leader.

In a September 2017 article, counterterror expert and former FBI agent Ali Soufan said, "Hamza is being prepared for a leadership role in the organization his father founded" and is "likely to be perceived favorably by the jihadi rank-and-file. With the Islamic State's caliphate apparently on the verge of collapse, Hamza is now the figure best placed to reunify the global jihadi movement."

The department's Counter-terrorism Rewards Program described the younger bin Laden on Twitter as "an emerging al Qaeda leader" who "has threatened attacks against the United States and allies."

In February, the State Department announced it would pay as much as $1 million for information on Hamza bin Laden's whereabouts. Last believed to be hiding in Afghanistan, he was planning to move east into south central Asia.

We know he was getting good eyebrow care.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-31 13:54|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 Can somebody please size down that disgusting face ?

I'm off my game in the pic dept lately. Something wrong in the syntax... Sorry.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-31 14:24|| 2019-07-31 14:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this to be his final death announcement? These jihadi bastards seem to have nine lives.

Posted by jpal 2019-07-31 14:33|| 2019-07-31 14:33|| Front Page Top

#3 i hope they got some of his buddies too

Posted by chris 2019-07-31 15:18|| 2019-07-31 15:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Ha ha ! You're fixated on your merkel jerkel. A hamas guy wouldn't trust a Berlin prostitute with his weewee though. They eat a lot of sausage.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-31 16:43|| 2019-07-31 16:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Think he is going fishing with Dad?

Posted by Steven. 2019-07-31 17:52|| 2019-07-31 17:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Snark of the day vote for #6

Posted by Airandee 2019-07-31 18:16|| 2019-07-31 18:16|| Front Page Top

#7 A Second on that nomination

Posted by Frank G 2019-07-31 19:04|| 2019-07-31 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Third!

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-07-31 20:20|| 2019-07-31 20:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Image size fixed. Dron64066, for some reason the overlarge images you’ve been posting come with their own size parameters built in, which override the width and height numbers you’d added. Next time I’ll copy before deleting the key bit, but that’s what’s been going on.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-31 21:54|| 2019-07-31 21:54|| Front Page Top

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