Osama Bin Laden's son Hamza promises to avenge his father's death and relaunch terror

AL Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's son Hamza has promised to avenge the death of his father by launching a global fight against the US and its allies in an audio message which has been posted online.

 

Now in his early 20s, Hamza, is currently being held under house arrest in Iran but has vowed to find a way to get revenge for the killing of his father. In a 21-minute speech titled We Are All Osama, he also promised to get back at the US for killing Islamic militants in other parts of the world.

 

Hamza said: “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. 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 Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Documents recovered from Osama Bin Laden’s compound and published by the US last year alleged that his aides tried to reunite the militant leader with Hamza.

 

Hamza 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 Qaeda’s senior leadership there. 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.