Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has threatened to avenge his father's killing by the United States.
Hamza, 25, has vowed to carry on al Qaeda's fight against the US and its allies in a 21-minute audio message titled "We Are All Osama."
“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,” SITE Intelligence Group, an organisation that tracks white supremacist and jihadi organisations online, quoted him as saying.
“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,” he said.
US commandos killed Bin Laden at his Pakistani hideout in 2011, the attack which was a major blow to the militant group, which carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US
In March 2003, it was claimed that Hamza and his brother Saad bin Laden had been wounded and captured in Ribat, Afghanistan, but it turned out to be false.
In a 2005 video titled ‘The Mujahideen of Waziristan’, Hamza was shown participating in an al-Qaeda assault on Pakistani security forces in the south Waziristan tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In September 2007, it was reported that he was again in the tribal belt encompassing the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region taking a senior role with al-Qaeda forces.
“Hamza provides a new face for al Qaeda, one that directly connects to the group’s founder. He is an articulate and dangerous enemy,” Bruce Riedel of Brookings said.
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, according to the Brookings Institution.
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Posted: at 11-07-2016 06:41 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
factfinding at 11-07-2016 07:15 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Its possible because they never give up on revenge, it can take years but they will still do it, now that he made such statement US secret service is gonna take him out soon with their drone.
Posted: at 11-07-2016 07:15 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
dangote665 at 11-07-2016 07:40 AM (8 years ago) (m)
May God safe us from the hand enemy, meanwhile it will never be this thing that will rise against the world anymore, let US quickly destroy him asap, they don't need to wait till the guy is ready.
Posted: at 11-07-2016 07:40 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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