America’s oversea’s Special Operations continue ….
Osama bin Laden’s son was “responsible for planning and dealing with various terrorist groups,” President Trump said in a statement released by the White House. His death is a blow to al-Qaeda’s leadership acumen, Trump said, and symbolic given the connection to his father, who was killed in a Navy SEAL raid on his Pakistani refuge in 2011.
Hamza’s death could have significant influence on al-Qaeda’s future. Unifying and young, and carrying the name of terrorist royalty, bin Laden lent his voice and face in messages calling for attacks worldwide. But relatively little is known about the 9/11 mastermind’s youngest son — not even his formal role in al-Qaeda or his age, which is believed to be around 30.
Some analysts say his role in al-Qaeda was overstated, with little evidence Hamza was particularly influential or on track to take the reins of the entire operation, said Peter Bergen, a vice president focused on international security at New America, a Washington think tank.
“Other than the president’s statement claiming an operational role, I have never seen any evidence of [Hamza] being involved in operations besides releasing audio and video tapes calling for violence,” Bergen told The Washington Post on Saturday…
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Obama envy at work again: if that Kenyan claims credit for killing the father, then I’ll take credit for killing the son. Where are my Special ops wings and glamour photo in front a company of SEALs?
Don’t you know there’s an election on?
Hot Damn DSD!
I completely missed THAT!
Props!
(You did see the knock down offered on status of the target?)