Because like in organized crime and fairy tales, revenge includes family members and the first-born sons.
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NEW: US has obtained intel that Hamza bin Laden, the son and potential successor of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is dead, according to three US officials. https://t.co/7lzg2mWDMi - @ckubeNBC
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.
The department's Rewards for Justice Program described the younger bin Laden on Twitter as "an emerging al Qaeda leader" who "has threatened attacks against the United States and allies."
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The United States played a role in an operation that killed Osama bin LadenâÂÂs son Hamza bin Laden, who was viewed as an eventual heir to the leadership of Al Qaeda & had repeatedly threatened to attack the US. @julianbarnes@adamgoldmanNYT@EricSchmittNYT: https://t.co/leCQznRDZF