Five things you need to know about Hamza bin Laden, the man the U.S. State Department is offering a $1 million reward in exchange for intel on his whereabouts and identity
The U.S. government is offering up to $1 million to whomever can give information about the whereabouts or identity of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza.
With ISIS’ decline, al-Qaida is aiming to establishing itself as the “vanguard” of the global jihadist movement, with Hamza bin Laden emerging as the leader, said Nathan Sales, a counterterrorism coordinator, in a Thursday evening news conference.He wants to avenge his father’s death After American soldiers stormed the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan and killed his father in May 2011, Hamza threatened vengeful attacks against the U.S. In a video by As-Sahab, an al-Qaida propaganda outlet, Hamza says, “If you think that your sinful crime that you committed in Abbottabad has passed without punishment, then you thought wrong.”
“What is correct is coming to you, and its punishment is severe,” the Long War Journal reported Hamza saying.From documents obtained by U.S. intelligence at Osama bin Laden’s safety house, it was discovered that the older bin Laden was grooming his son to replace him as leader of al-Qaida.Hamza married the daughter of Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker and mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, the State Department said.
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