© FBIHamza bin Laden
Three US officials who requested anonymity told NBC that Hamza bin Laden - son of terror leader and founder of al-Qeada Osama bin Laden - has been killed. The circumstances of his death, or whether there was American involvement, are not clear.
Hamza bin Laden gave his last known public statement to the al-Qaeda group's media arm in 2018, threatening Saudi Arabia with attack and calling for the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy, but has not been heard from since.
According to former FBI agent and counter terrorism expert Ali Soufan, Hamza was "being prepared for a leadership role in the organization his father founded," and would likely be looked on favorably by the "jihadi rank-and-file" were he to take on that role.
Born around 1989 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Hamza has been wanted for some time by the FBI for ties to terror groups. He was thought to travel frequently between Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Iran, according to the FBI. Hamza was also reportedly married to the daughter of a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who operates under the alias Abu Muhammad al Masri. Abdullah is wanted for his role in embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
The FBI had offered a reward of up to $1 million for information that would lead to Hamza's whereabouts.
Hamza's father, Osama bin Laden, helped to found al-Qaeda, the Islamist militant group notorious for the 2001 September 11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people. Osama was killed in a US Navy SEAL raid in 2011 while in hiding in Pakistan.
Reader Comments
Ha ha ha ha.... "word" was meant to be "sword" (roll eyes)
So, here is my cue to comment further...
The article begins with the statement "US officials claim Washington has intelligence..." Well blow me down, aint that a vague assertion straight off the bat. Hang on, hang on... Didn't Osama Bin Laden use his wife and children as a human shield in the big boss Quentin Tarantino styled Hollywood shootout... you know, the same shootout that ALL of the special forces personnel involved with came to an untimely and ignoble death. But I digress, The opening statement explains the entire article which clearly states the international position of the US that is built entirely upon the defence that US officials claim Washington has intelligence... and after all these years the public - not just the US public mind you but the international public community - are yet to be provided with additional details. Details about Saudi Arabia for instance or Israel? Dominic above called BS exactly where warranted and I second the this article is BS.
SO, you who are reading this, ask yourself; why did SOTT put this article on their website if they could see plain as day that this article is full of it as you probably do so too. Do you think that this article does not even belong on this web site taking into account that the catch cry is to connect the dots? So what dots are we connecting here because we already know that the mainstream media is a CIA operation? I hinted at it in a previous comment somewhere... where is Ark? why did he bail out of SOTT? the same reason why I left but came back because I forgot why I left.
Hmph...
Ow! C harlie ... that really hurts.
No 'treason' on the part of RT I think; just a shoddy report.