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$1 Million Reward for Hamza Bin Laden- Osama bin Laden’s 30 year old son

BY Soko Directory Team · March 1, 2019 07:03 am

The United States is offering a one million dollar reward to anyone who can provide any kind of information regarding the location of Hamza bin Laden, son to the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

In a state department statement released on 28th February 2019, the US has claimed that the son of Osama Bin Laden is emerging as an extremist seeking to unify jihadist.

Hamza bin Laden has been labeled the “crown prince of jihad,” who seems to have taken after his father’s footsteps. Hamza’s location has been a matter of concern for years with various reports indicating that he could be in Iran house arrest.

“Hamza bin Laden is the son of deceased former AQ leader Osama bin Laden and is emerging as a leader in the AQ franchise,” the State Department statement read while AQ franchise referred to Al-Qaeda.

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The State Department seeming not to have a clue on the Terrorist son offered 1 million dollars for any information that would assist the US to track him in whichever country. Hamza Bin Laden is estimated to be around 30 years of age and is being sought for calling out for attacks on the US and its Western allies so as to avenge the killing of his father, Osama Bin Laden, in 2011.

The US intelligence agencies fear that Hamza bin Laden could be taking over from his father who was behind the 7th August 1998 US Embassy bomb blast which caused 213 deaths while over 400 were left with serious injuries.

Hamza released an audio in 2015 urging jihadists in Syria to unite because according to him the fight in Syria was the only way in “liberating Palestine.”

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Hamza together with his siblings and their three mothers were allowed to return to Saudi Arabia after the killing of his father Osama Bin Laden where they were to be monitored. When Hamza and his mother moved to Iran is still unclear where there are said to have lived under house arrest in Iran’s efforts of preventing an attack from Al Qaeda.

Hamza is said to be married to Al Qaeda’s Mohammed Atta’s daughter. Mohammed Atta is said to have led the 11th September 2001 in the US where 3000 people died.

Hamza was officially labeled by the US as a global terrorist in 2017 and is said to have been Osama’s favorite son who was groomed to replace him as the al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden was captured and killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011 during Barack Obama’s tenure in office as the US President.

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