Hamza bin Laden

Hamza bin Laden

Hamza bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden ( _ar. حمزة بن أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن; born c. 1991), better known as Hamza bin Laden, is a son of Osama bin Laden, and a senior member of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

In January 2001, Hamza (then 10-years old), his father and other family members attended the wedding of his brother Mohammed bin Laden in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. [Adam Robinson, "Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist", p.271] Video footage shot in the Ghazni province in November of the same year shows Hamza and some of his siblings handling US helicopter wreckage and working alongside Taliban resistance. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1644044.stm|title=Bin Laden sons 'fighting with Taleban'|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2007-09-13] [cite web|url=http://www.mydemocracy.net/counterpunch/osseiran08212006.htm
title=Osama's Confession; Osama's Reprieve|publisher=mydemocracy.net|accessdate=2007-09-13] In March 2003, it was claimed that Hamza and his brother Saad bin Laden had been wounded and captured in Ribat, Afghanistan. This claim eventually proved false. [cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/08/1046826566854.html
title=Bin Laden in their sights|publisher=The Sun-Herald|accessdate=2007-09-13]

In a 2005 video entitled "The Mujahideen of Waziristan", Hamza is shown participating in an al-Qaeda assault on Pakistani security forces in the south Waziristan tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. [cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1345776.cms|title=Hamza Laden is his father's true successor|publisher=The Times of India|accessdate=2007-09-13] In September 2007, it was reported that he was again in the tribal belt that encompasses the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region taking a senior role with al-Qaeda forces. [cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22396488-663,00.html|title=Bin Laden son Hamza rises to al-Qaida cause|publisher=The Herald Sun|accessdate=2007-09-13] [cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGYUj5IDN0XSzX8TSg9TJEjOz7jg|title=Tentacles spread from Al-Qaeda's lair in Pakistan|publisher=AFP|accessdate=2007-09-13]

In July 2008, The Sun newspaper published translations of poem said to be written by Hamza which had been recently published on an extremist Islamic website. In the poem Hamza wrote "Accelerate the destruction of America, Britain, France and Denmark." [cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1398695.ece#OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
title=Bin Laden's son in web terror rant|publisher=The Sun|accessdate=2008-07-09]

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