Osama Bin Laden's Son Promise To Avenge His Father's Death On US

Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

Hamza, in 21-minute audio speech entitled "We Are All Osama" posted on SITE Intelligence Group said the revenge is not for his father Osama but for all those who defended Islam. He however vowed to continue the global militant group's fight against the US
and its allies.

"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."

Recall that Osama Bin Laden was killed at his pakistan hideout by US command in 2011 in a major blow to the militant group which had carried out the September 11 attacks a decade earlier.

Hamza, now in his mid- twenties, 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.