Hamza bin Laden

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Hamza bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden (Arabic: 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.[1] 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. [2][3]

In March 2003, it was claimed that Hamza and his brother Saad bin Laden had been wounded and captured in Ribat, Afghanistan. A claim that subsequently proved false.[4]

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. [5] 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. [6][7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adam Robinson, Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist, p.271
  2. ^ Bin Laden sons 'fighting with Taleban'. BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  3. ^ Osama's Confession; Osama's Reprieve. mydemocracy.net. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  4. ^ Bin Laden in their sights. The Sun-Herald. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  5. ^ Hamza Laden is his father's true successor. The Times of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  6. ^ Bin Laden son Hamza rises to al-Qaida cause. The Herald Sun. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  7. ^ Tentacles spread from Al-Qaeda's lair in Pakistan. AFP. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.