Bin Laden's son threatens revenge against the U.S.
Hamza bin Laden, who is purportedly one of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's sons, issued a message over the weekend threatening revenge against the U.S. for the assassination of his father.
In a video released by As-Sahab, the organization's media arm, Hamza bin Laden tells Americans they are accountable for the decisions of their leaders, the Associated Press reports, and insists that al-Qaeda will continue their holy war against the U.S.
In the speech, which is reportedly 21 minutes long and entitled "We Are All Osama," Bin Laden says: "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."
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During the clip he refers directly to Osama bin Laden's murder during a May 2011 raid at his compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan.
"If you think that your sinful crime that you committed in Abbottabad has passed without punishment, then you thought wrong," he says.
"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 added.
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Hamza bin Laden's whereabouts are currently unknown.
He spent time with his father in Afghanistan and Pakistan before the latter's death. Papers retrieved from the Abbottabad compound and published in the U.S. alleged that Osama bin Laden's aides attempted to reunite him with his son while Hamza was under house arrest in Iran.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
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