<p class="p1"><span class="s1">President Trump on Saturday confirmed the death of Hamza bin Laden, son of notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Hamza was killed in a US counterterrorism operation near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border earlier this year. His father, Osama, was killed by US Navy SEALs in Pakistan in May 2011.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Earlier this year, the US State Department announced a $1 million dollar reward for any information leading to Hamza’s capture. On July 31st, CNN reported that Hamza was believed to have been killed. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Hamza&#8217;s death was confirmed this week after a lengthy investigation prompted by al-Qaeda’s silence on the matter. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“The loss of Hamza bin Ladin not only deprives al-Qaeda of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational activities of the group,” said Trump. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Like his father, Hamza was an influential member of al-Qaeda (the terrorist organization responsible for 9/11). He was introduced by the group in August 2015 as “a young lion to carry forth the cause.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Brett Bruen, former White House director of global engagements, told reporters last month that Hamza has been the ‘heir to the al-Qaeda throne.’</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“Even if he didn’t exercise operations control, his name and those actions requested to be carried out in his name carries weight in amongst those who were drawn to al-Qaeda by his father,” said Bruen. “There may be others who take on leadership roles. It will be a long time, if ever, we see someone who can legitimately claim the legacy of a near-mythical figure like bin Laden. For those engaged in the long fight against extremism, this is a significant victory.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>The State Department is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of al-Qaeda leader Ayman Az-Zawahiri. </i></span></p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> I don&#8217;t know how many children Osama bin Laden had, but this one is dead. Osama bin Laden deserves no legacy, he deserves to have no future generations, he was a sociopathic murderer.</p>