Hamza bin Laden, the al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, reportedly killed in a 2019 US counterterrorism operation. As of October 6 2023 the opening described him as "Islamist terrorist and son of Osama bin Laden." That description is gone from the article today; the opening now calls him "Member of al-Qaeda (1989 – 2017/2019)." A reader today learns he was a member of al-Qaeda and not that Wikipedia's own opening once called him an Islamist terrorist outright.
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Hamza bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden ( ; born c. 1991), better known as Hamza bin Laden or "Hamza Laden", is a son of Osama bin Laden , and a senior member of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan .1In January 2001, Hamza (then 10-years old), his father and other family members attended the wedding of his brother Mohammed bin Laden in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar . Video footage shot in the Ghazni province in November of the same year shows Hamza and some of his siblings handling US helicopter wreckage and working alongside Taliban resistance. In March 2003, it was claimed that Hamza and his brother Saad bin Laden had been wounded and captured in Ribat, Afghanistan. In a 2005 video entitled The Mujahideen of Waziristan , Hamza is shown participating in an al-Qaeda assault on Pakistani security forces in the south Waziristan tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan . In September 2007, it was reported that he was again in the tribal belt that encompasses the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region taking a senior role with al-Qaeda forces. In July 2008, The Sun newspaper published translations of poem said to be written by Hamza which had been recently published on an extremist Islamic website. The Times of India .2
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Hamza bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden ( ; born c. 1991) better known as Hamza bin Laden or "Hamza Laden", is a son of Osama bin Laden . His brother Khalid was killed in the 2011 Navy SEAL raid which also killed his father.
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Son of Osama bin Laden Hamza bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden ( ; born 1989, died 2017–2019), better known as Hamza bin Laden , was a Saudi Arabian -born member of al-Qaeda .He was a son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and, following his death in 2011 , was described as an emerging leader within the group.
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Islamist terrorist and son of Osama bin Laden In this Arabic name , the surname is bin Laden . Hamza bin Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden ( ), better known as Hamza bin Laden , was a Saudi Arabian -born member of Al-Qaeda . He was a son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden , and, following his father's death in 2011 and the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, he was described as an emerging leader of the Al-Qaeda organization.
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Member of al-Qaeda (1989 – 2017/2019) In this Arabic name , the surname is bin Laden .Hamza bin Laden (9 May 1989 – 2017/2019) was a Saudi-born key member of al-Qaeda . He was a son of Osama bin Laden . President Donald Trump announced that he was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border .In 2024, unconfirmed media reports claimed that he was still alive and a senior leader of al-Qaeda."Suudi Arabistan Usame bin Ladin'in oğlunu vatandaşlıktan çıkardı" (in Turkish).Suudi Arabistan, el-Kaide'nin kurucularından Usame bin Ladin'in oğlu Suudi Arabistanlı Hamza bin Ladin'in vatandaşlıktan çıkarıldığını duyurdu.[Saudi Arabia announced that Saudi Arabian Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, one of the founders of al-Qaeda, has been stripped of his citizenship.] Gambrell, John (18 March 2019)."Osama bin Laden's son Hamza reportedly alive in Afghanistan and plotting major 9/11-style attack" .The Economic Times . 14 September 2024 .There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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