The son of Osama bin Laden is the subject of a piece at militarytimes.com.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Years after the
death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, Hamza bin Laden now finds himself in the crosshairs
of world powers.
In rapid succession in recent weeks, the U.S. put a bounty
of up to $1 million on 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.”
"There is probably other intelligence that indicates
something's happening and that's what put this thing on the front burner,"
he said.
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