Osama Bin Laden's Son Issues Threat Over His Father's Death

Osama Bin Laden's Son Issues Threat Over His Father's Death

The seed of killed al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, has threatened to avenge the death of his father.

It would be recalled that the US killed his father some years back, and in a radio message, Hamza bin Laden has threatened to take revenge.

Hamza promised to continue the global militant group's fight against the United States and its allied in a speech titled We Are All Osama. 

His words:

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.

The US recovered and made public, a document alleging that his bin Laden's aides tried to reunite the militant leader with Hamza, who had been held under house arrest in Iran.

The Brookings Institution also claimed that Hamza was at his father's side in Afghanistan beofre 9/11 attacks and spent time with him in Pakistan after the US-led invasion pushed much of al-Qaeda's senior leadership there.

Hamza, who is in his mid-twenties, now provides a younger voice and much more strength for the aging leaders of the group, who have struggled to inspire militants around the world.

Bruce Riedel of Brookings says:

Hamza provides a new face for al-Qaeda, one that directly connects to the group's founder. He is an articulate and dangerous enemy.