Osama Bin Laden's son vows to avenge al-Qaida leader's death

An audio message posted online revealed that the son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father

11 July 2016, 9:23am

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Hamza was at his father’s side in Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks

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 officers in 2011 in a major blow to the militant group.

Hamza, who is 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, the Guardian explains, citing the Brookings Institution.