On May 2, 2011, the world’s most infamous terrorist bin Laden was killed.
date: May 2, 2011. Place: Abbottabad of Pakistan. Target: Osama bin Laden, the world’s most dreaded terrorist. On this day in the year 2011, the American army killed bin Laden by entering his house. The US Army had launched Operation Neptune to kill the chief of Al Qaeda. During the operation, America also got a lot of documents from Laden’s hideout.
These documents also contain letters that he wrote to his wife, son, brother, sister and other relatives. America has been making public the documents received from there from time to time. One of these batches was made public by America in the year 2017, in which there are letters written to bin Laden’s close friends. He wrote a letter to his son Hamza bin Laden, in which it is clearly visible that before his death, he started to fear that his family would be killed.
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pakistan escape advice
On January 19, 2017, the US made public 49 items related to bin Laden. One of these letters was addressed to Hamza. Bin Laden was afraid that his son would be killed, so he is advising him to run away safely. Bin Laden writes…
‘Dear son Hamza, may Allah’s blessings be upon you. Leave this place as soon as possible. Take things in your hands regarding security. Now it is very important that you leave this place quickly and go to Karachi via Balochistan. Sheikh Mahmud and Al-Sindhi will make all the arrangements. After reaching there, call this number 88******.
waiting for bad weather
Explaining the plan to escape safely through Karachi, bin Laden also told his son that if he wanted, he could wait for bad weather to avoid the eyes of the drones monitoring the sky.
Laden further wrote, ‘A person will come to pick you up. If possible, leave when there are clouds in the sky and use the car without number plate. Sheikh Mehmood will give you Khalid’s ID and driving license. If you feel you should leave immediately, do so. It is most important to take care of security. Leave everything else as soon as possible.
Hamza was not in Abbottabad
When America’s seal team attacked the house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the whole family including three wives of Laden was there. But one person was missing – it was Hamza. Meaning bin Laden was already suspicious, so he had sent Hamza away from there. If seen, the US intelligence department had its eye on Hamza long back. In 2003, there were also reports of his injuries.
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12 years ago today, fans at Citizens Bank Park chanted USA during Phillies-Mets on Sunday Night Baseball. It was the only sporting event in progress as news broke out that Osama Bin Laden was dead.
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Bin Laden had also mentioned Hamza in other letters. He talked about Hamza’s studies by writing a letter to ‘Chief of Staff’ Atiya Abd al-Rahman. He was looking at her as his successor.
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Hamza was killed in 2019
Hamza bin Laden survived in Abbottabad, but the US Army did not stop chasing him. America knew that as long as Hamza was alive, the threat would remain. On 31 July 2019, the American media claimed that Hamza had been killed. There was a reward of one million dollars (more than Rs 8 crore) on his head. On September 14, 2019, the then President Donald Trump confirmed that Hamza bin Laden had been killed during an operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region.