Published 07:02 IST, August 1st 2019
Osama Bin Laden son dead; official confirmation by White House awaited : Reports
As per reports by US media, Hazma Bin Laden, son of slain terrorist Osama Bin laden is dead. Hazma whose age is speculated as 30, had released several videos threatening attacks on US and other countries.
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As per reports by US media, Hazma Bin Len, son of slain terrorist Osama Bin len is de. Hazma whose is speculated as 30, h released several videos threatening attacks on US and or countries. United States on February this year h anunced one million for information on his whereabouts. State Department h identified him as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in January 2017. reports also said that US President Donald Trump refused to comment on issue. "I don't want to comment on that," Trump said to media. White House security visor John Bolton did t respond eir.
Back in 2011, Hazma h urged jihists to unite in order to take revenge of his far torious terrorist Osama Bin Len's killing. intelligence ncies have t been able to trace him, though his location in past has been found to be Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. Some sources also say that he is under house arrest in Iran after Saudi Arabian regime stripped his citizenship. Hamza bin Len is believed to have me his last public appearance in 2018. He was regarded as likely successor to organization's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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Osama Bin Len's killing:
Osama bin Len was killed on 2 May 2011 in Abbottab, Pakistan, during a US Navy SEAL special operation following a 10-year manhunt. Recently, Pakistan PM Imran Khan on his visit to United States, for first time revealed that ISI provided intelligence to CIA which helped US track down and kill Osama bin Len in Pakistan. This comes as a significant development as Islamab h so far denied having any kwledge of dreed al-Qaeda chief in country. He was shot de by US Navy Seals in 2011.
Imran Khan's statement is significant because Pakistan h so far denied that it h any information about hideout of Osama before he was killed in a covert raid by US special forces. "It was Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that gave information which led to location of Osama bin Len. If you ask CIA it was ISI which gave initial location through phone connection," Khan said.
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Al-Qaeda - founded by Osama Bin Len
AL Qaeda is kwn for beheing and filming incidents, ir first being beheing of Nick Berg, an American in Iraq who was abducted and beheed according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants in response to Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse involving United States Army and Iraqi prisoners. video of man in orange jacket being beheed was widely spre and along with it arrival of brutal and horrendous IS was anunced. group call for jihists to take part in what y call as 'holy war'. group emerged after Arab volunteers of Afghanistan war wd a war against US. Interestingly, se Arab volunteers were part of Afghan Mujhahideen backed by United States to expel Soviets out of Afghanistan. After killing of Bin len, though it was believed that without leership group has been dismantled, y have been rising and trying to consolidate, as per some intelligence reports. latest intelligence report by US warns that senior al-Qaeda leers are "strengning network's global command structure and continuing to encour attacks against West and United States."
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06:24 IST, August 1st 2019