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US Puts $ 1million Bounty on Bin Laden's Son, Hamza Bin Laden

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Unfinished business, as al Qaeda remains, even as its rival sunni terror group, ISIS, is destroyed....










Born into al-Qaida: Hamza bin Laden's rise to prominence


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The boy is only 12 years old and looks even younger and smaller kneeling next to the wreckage of a helicopter, flanked by masked jihadis carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles with bandoliers strapped across their chests.
Hamza bin Laden, with a traditional Arab coffee pot to his right and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to his left leaning against the debris, made his worldwide television debut reciting a poem in a propaganda video just weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks planned by his father Osama.
Years after the death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, it is now Hamza bin Laden who finds himself squarely in the crosshairs of world powers. In rapid succession in recent weeks, the U.S. put a bounty of up to a $1 million for him; the U.N. Security Council named him to a global sanctions list, sparking a new Interpol notice for his arrest; and his home country of Saudi Arabia revealed it had revoked his citizenship.


Those measures suggest that international officials believe the now 30-year-old militant is an increasingly serious threat. He is not the head of al-Qaida but he has risen in prominence within the terror network his father founded, and the group may be grooming him to stand as a leader for a young generation of militants. "Hamza was destined to be in his father's footsteps," said Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent focused on counterterrorism who investigated al-Qaida's attack on the USS Cole. "He is poised to have a senior leadership role in al-Qaida."



Born into al-Qaida: Hamza bin Laden'''s rise to prominence
 
al-Qaeda is still around, ISIS is *not* destroyed, the Taliban still controls portions of Afghanistan, al-Shabaab is still well in control of parts of Africa, Boko Haram is still running around causing all sorts of problems.

In short, religious extremism is still alive and well causing loss of life.

A bounty on Hamza bin Laden is not a surprise.
 
Grokmaster said:
That or capture him, and see what he knows....
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Either that or return the damn library books.

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OrphanSlug said:
al-Qaeda is still around, ISIS is *not* destroyed, the Taliban still controls portions of Afghanistan, al-Shabaab is still well in control of parts of Africa, Boko Haram is still running around causing all sorts of problems.

In short, religious extremism is still alive and well causing loss of life.

A bounty on Hamza bin Laden is not a surprise.
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Al Qaeda is weak and marginalized, and ISIS is pretty much done. The Taliban pertty much as won Afghanistan, and the war in Africa is percolating along, but the news isn't following it much because the engagements are mostly small.

Lastly, Bin Laden sr. had the means and the moxie to put the attack together. That alone makes Jr. dangerous. We don't know what weapons generation 2 can conjure up. Like our leaders said about 911 "It was a failure of imagination".
 
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Grokmaster said:
Unfinished business, as al Qaeda remains, even as its rival sunni terror group, ISIS, is destroyed....










Born into al-Qaida: Hamza bin Laden's rise to prominence


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The boy is only 12 years old and looks even younger and smaller kneeling next to the wreckage of a helicopter, flanked by masked jihadis carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles with bandoliers strapped across their chests.
Hamza bin Laden, with a traditional Arab coffee pot to his right and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to his left leaning against the debris, made his worldwide television debut reciting a poem in a propaganda video just weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks planned by his father Osama.
Years after the death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, it is now Hamza bin Laden who finds himself squarely in the crosshairs of world powers. In rapid succession in recent weeks, the U.S. put a bounty of up to a $1 million for him; the U.N. Security Council named him to a global sanctions list, sparking a new Interpol notice for his arrest; and his home country of Saudi Arabia revealed it had revoked his citizenship.


Those measures suggest that international officials believe the now 30-year-old militant is an increasingly serious threat. He is not the head of al-Qaida but he has risen in prominence within the terror network his father founded, and the group may be grooming him to stand as a leader for a young generation of militants. "Hamza was destined to be in his father's footsteps," said Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent focused on counterterrorism who investigated al-Qaida's attack on the USS Cole. "He is poised to have a senior leadership role in al-Qaida."



Born into al-Qaida: Hamza bin Laden'''s rise to prominence
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I'm not sure how much a million dollar bounty will do. It will definitely raise young Hamza's prestige among his peers and any fans he might have. I have long thought that the best way to fight Islamic extremism is through humor. For example, Osama bore a strong resemblance to a camel, yet nobody ever pointed it out. I think questions about his true parentage should have been front and center in any discussion.
 
OrphanSlug said:
al-Qaeda is still around, ISIS is *not* destroyed, the Taliban still controls portions of Afghanistan, al-Shabaab is still well in control of parts of Africa, Boko Haram is still running around causing all sorts of problems.

In short, religious extremism is still alive and well causing loss of life.

A bounty on Hamza bin Laden is not a surprise.
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ISIS is crushed, the caliphate is gone. Some individuals remain. And?


And what do all the groups you named have in common?
 
Grokmaster said:
ISIS is crushed, the caliphate is gone. Some individuals remain. And?


And what do all the groups you named have in common?
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Religion.
 
chuckiechan said:
Either that or return the damn library books.

*******



Al Qaeda is weak and marginalized, and ISIS is pretty much done. The Taliban pertty much as won Afghanistan, and the war in Africa is percolating along, but the news isn't following it much because the engagements are mostly small.

Lastly, Bin Laden sr. had the means and the moxie to put the attack together. That alone makes Jr. dangerous. We don't know what weapons generation 2 can conjure up. Like our leaders said about 911 "It was a failure of imagination".
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He gives "inspiration" to our enemy...reason enough for the bounty...in addition to the excellent reasons you cited.
 
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