The
son of the late Osama Bin Laden who is considered one of the world's
most dangerous terrorist leaders, has issued new threats against
America.
Hamza bin Laden
Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, who was the al-Qaida leader, has threatened revenge against the United States.
He is threatening revenge on America for assassinating his father. This was according to an audio message posted online.
According to The Guardian, Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the
global militant group’s fight against the United States and its allies
in the 21-minute speech entitled “We Are All Osama,” according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
“We will continue striking you and targeting you in your
country and abroad in response to your oppression of the people of
Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and the rest of the
Muslim lands that did not survive your oppression,” Hamza said.
“As for the revenge by the Islamic nation for Sheikh Osama, may
Allah have mercy on him, it is not revenge for Osama the person but it
is revenge for those who defended Islam.”
Osama bin Laden was killed at his Pakistani hideout by US commandos
in 2011 in a major blow to the militant group which carried out the
9/11 attacks.
Documents recovered from bin Laden’s compound and published by the
United States last year alleged that his aides tried to reunite the
militant leader with Hamza, who had been held under house arrest in
Iran.
Hamza, now in his mid-20s, was at his father’s side in Afghanistan
before the 9/11 attacks and spent time with him in Pakistan after the
US-led invasion pushed much of al-Qaida’s senior leadership there,
according to the Brookings Institution.
Introduced by the organisation’s new chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in an
audio message last year, Hamza provides a younger voice for the group
whose ageing leaders have struggled to inspire militants around the
world galvanized by Islamic State.
“Hamza provides a new face for al-Qaida, one that directly
connects to the group’s founder. He is an articulate and dangerous
enemy,” according to Bruce Riedel of Brookings.
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