'Crown Prince of Terror', Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza is dead - US Intelligence report
Hamza bin Laden, the son of and possible successor to terror kingpin Osama bin Laden, is dead.
A new US intelligence report gathered that the al Qaeda leader’s son
had died, but the report did not discuss details of where or when the
younger bin Laden died or whether the US played a role in his demise,
and President Trump declined comment at the White House.
“I don’t want to comment on it. I don’t want to comment on that,” Trump said.
Hamza bin Laden’s last known public statement, released by al Qaeda
in 2018, included threats against Saudi Arabia and called on the people
of the Arabian peninsula to revolt against their rulers.
Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 during a raid on his
hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Hamza was not found at the compound,
but letters seized from the compound suggested the top 9/11 plotter
wanted his son to join him in Abbottabad so he could groom him as a
leader.
“Hamza is being prepared for a leadership role in the organization
his father founded” and was “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,” counterterror expert and former FBI agent
Ali Soufan said in 2017.
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