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Bin Laden son Hamza rises to al-Qaida cause
Herald Sun ^ | September 11, 2007

Posted on 09/13/2007 12:00:21 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter

ON THE sixth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, Osama bin Laden remains free -- but he could now be joined in his campaign by his son, Hamza. Militant sources say while bin Laden's whereabouts are unknown, Hamza has recently come to the tribal belt, the al-Qaida stronghold on Pakistan and Afghanistan's border. The news came from a militant who was formerly in one of bin Laden's camps before 9/11 and maintains links with groups affiliated with him. Referring to bin Laden by his nom de guerre of "sheik," he said: "Sheik's own son, young Hamza, is now here and he is among friends. "No one has any idea where bin Laden is. "Two-and-a-half years ago he was in (Afghanistan's eastern province of) Kunar and we do not know where he is now." Hamza, bin Laden's second son and still in his mid-teens, is thought to be taking a senior role in al-Qaida's growing guerilla network in Afghanistan.

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An apparently rejuvenated bin Laden, the Saudi mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, showed in a rare video at the weekend he was not only still alive but also defiantly at large, mocking the "weak" US. Despite the taunts, the White House has labelled bin Laden as "virtually impotent". He does not appear to be triggering a new attack against the US with his first message in a year, President George W. Bush's Homeland Security adviser said yesterday. "This is about the best he can do," said Frances Townsend. "This is a man on a run, from a cave . . . virtually impotent other than these tapes."

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; hamza; hamzabinladen

Spawn of Satan.
1 posted on 09/13/2007 12:00:24 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
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To: Dog; Cap Huff; Wiz; jeffers

ping


2 posted on 09/13/2007 12:00:58 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter

One more target to kill.


3 posted on 09/13/2007 12:03:43 AM PDT by chaos_5 (... I'm just another angry white male ...)
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To: Straight Vermonter

The Michael Jackson of terorism?


4 posted on 09/13/2007 12:07:52 AM PDT by GeronL (Puh-leeze join my fantasy football league, Yahoo, ID# 748109, password: better)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Definitely looks like a transvestite. Binny’s in trouble if that’s the best he can do in terms of picking a successor.


5 posted on 09/13/2007 12:13:37 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Straight Vermonter

Does anyone else sometimes wonder if we know exactly where OBL is, but allow him to live so we can listen in on their every plan? People have to be brining supplies into his cave. Setting up computers to do spot checks during the dark, it seems they could find out who is delivering to the side of mountains without all that much trouble.

Look, I’m not trying to say it would be easy. What I am thinking is that with a concered effort it might take a few months to elminate other sites and limit the search to only a few sites, narrowing it down from there.

His son would be a top target. Take that spasmo out now.


6 posted on 09/13/2007 12:17:09 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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To: Straight Vermonter

I hope they are tracking Hamza for any clues that may give.


7 posted on 09/13/2007 12:18:56 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: DoughtyOne
"Does anyone else sometimes wonder if we know exactly where OBL is, but allow him to live so we can listen in on their every plan? People have to be brining supplies into his cave. Setting up computers to do spot checks during the dark, it seems they could find out who is delivering to the side of mountains without all that much trouble."

I don't think so and I doubt the cave angle. My guess is that he is living in several different compounds with trusted supporters and moves occasionally. That way the group he travels with would not attract the attention it would as a bunch going to and from a cave entrance. They blend in.

In that area they take hospitality seriously. His hosts won't give him up. I hope someone around him gets greedy or POed and drops a dime.

8 posted on 09/13/2007 12:30:21 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I’ll have to admit, I’ve give the in city angle some thought too. If like you say, he doesn’t move much, it would be hard to spot him there also.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a super-sensitive sniffer, something like an artificial flying bug? You could turn thousands of those suckers loose and when one sniffed him out, a homing signal would go off.


9 posted on 09/13/2007 12:37:43 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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To: DoughtyOne
"..Wouldn’t it be great to have a super-sensitive sniffer, something like an artificial flying bug? You could turn thousands of those suckers loose and when one sniffed him out, a homing signal would go off..."

Yes that would be good, but all we really need is one rat.

10 posted on 09/13/2007 12:54:30 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Straight Vermonter
...by his son, Hamza

His real name is Hazmat.

11 posted on 09/13/2007 1:01:08 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Anti-Bubba182

At the national or state level?


12 posted on 09/13/2007 1:02:44 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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To: DoughtyOne

Lol!


13 posted on 09/13/2007 1:08:17 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Straight Vermonter

I’ll bet special forces could make him piss his pants in about, oh, five seconds?


14 posted on 09/13/2007 2:31:06 AM PDT by mmanager (Fred instead of Purebred, Crossbred and the Hothead)
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To: Straight Vermonter

I notice old Hamza isn’t being encouraged to strap on a suicide belt. That’s only for the poor folk. OBL is an impotent hyprocrite.


15 posted on 09/13/2007 2:46:26 AM PDT by Roy Tucker ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"--Ayn Rand)
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To: Straight Vermonter

I seem to remember sending a message to Muamar Kadafy through one of his kids.
Sounds like a great way to communicate with Bin Laden. Kill his kid.


16 posted on 09/13/2007 3:39:47 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Straight Vermonter
HAMza? Oh the irony..

sw

17 posted on 09/13/2007 3:43:10 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Straight Vermonter

When will he be a quest on Oprah?


18 posted on 09/13/2007 4:02:09 AM PDT by Kimmers
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To: DoughtyOne
Locating OBL is difficult - locating Gadahn and his cell of English brothers is a lot easier.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

19 posted on 09/13/2007 4:32:56 AM PDT by expatguy (Support Conservative Blogging - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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