Osama bin Laden's son Hamza emerges as new face of al-Qaeda as he vows revenge against the US by Rachel Middleton

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza has emerged as the new face of
al-Qaeda. The son of the slain al Qaeda leader is now
threatening to strike against the US both at home and abroad.
In a 21-minute speech entitled We Are All Osama, Hamza has
vowed to continue the militant group's fight against the US and
its allies, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The message
was posted online.
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"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," said
Hamza in the message.
"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.
Hamza, who is in his mid-twenties, was with his father in
Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks in the US. He has spent
time with Osama bin Laden in Pakistan after the US-led invasion
pushed much of al Qaeda's senior leadership there, according to
the Brookings Institution, Reuters reports .
"Hamza provides a new face for al Qaeda, one that directly
connects to the group's founder. He is an articulate and
dangerous enemy," said Bruce Riedel from Brookings.
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Hamza was introduced to the world in an audio message last
year by the terror group's new head Ayman al-Zawahiri. Hamza
provides a "younger voice for the group whose ageing leaders
have struggled to inspire militants around the world galvanised
by Islamic State," Reuters reports.
Osama bin Laden was killed while he was hiding out in Pakistan
by US commandos in 2011. According to Reuters, documents
recovered from bin Laden's home and published last year by the
US, show that his aides had tried to reunite father and son.
Hamza had been under house arrest in Iran.