Childhood playmate of Hamza bin Laden reveals Osama's son loved Coca-Cola and would smuggle it into strict religious compounds as a boy 

  • Abdurahman Khadr has revealed what it was like growing up with the terrorist 
  • Khadr spent about three years with Hamza bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan 
  • The now-34-year-old says bin Laden's boy had a love for Coca-Cola and tobacco 
  • Khadr said Hamza smuggled contraband in because guards wouldn't search him 

By Liam Quinn For Dailymail.com

Published: 08:50 EST, 8 January 2017 | Updated: 08:51 EST, 8 January 2017

A man who grew up with Osama bin Laden's son has revealed the 'prince of terror' had a taste for one of the most iconic American brands - despite being taught to hate the U.S.

Abdurahman Khadr, a 34-year-old who spent three years with Hamza bin Laden at a Jalalabad compound in eastern Afghanistan, said bin Laden's boy would go to extreme lengths to smuggle Coca-Cola into the strict religious base.

'Hamza was... always trying to sneak stuff in that we weren’t allowed to have,' Khadr said, according to the New York Post. 

Abdurahman Khadr (pictured in 2006), who grew up with Osama bin Laden's son has revealed the 'prince of terror' had a taste for one of the most iconic American brands - despite being taught to hate the U.S.

'He was about nine at the time, and he brought us Coca-Cola and sometimes even tobacco.'

The 34-year-old, whose brother, Omar, spent more than a decade locked up at Guantanamo Bay, said the terrorist-in-training was able to smuggle forbidden items in because no guards dared search bin Laden's son.

'Hamza could get anything, no one would ever search him when he came back into the compound because he was bin Laden’s kid,' Khadr told the Post, before adding one of the most sought after items the younger bin Laden got was ice.

'(It) was a luxury because we were supposed to live very simply,' he said. 

Abdurahman Khadr (pictured in 2005), a 34-year-old who spent three years with Hamza bin Laden at a Jalalabad compound in eastern Afghanistan, said bin Laden's boy would go to extreme lengths to sneak Coca-Cola into the strict religious base

'Hamza (pictured in 2008) was... always trying to sneak stuff in that we weren’t allowed to have... He was about nine at the time, and he brought us Coca-Cola and sometimes even tobacco,' Abdurahman Khadr said

The inside look at the terrorist's son comes just days after he was officially given the same designation as his infamous father.

On Thursday, the U.S. State Department added Hamza to its list of global terrorists after confirming he had followed in his father's footsteps and joined Al-Qaeda. 

The terror group's senior leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, released a tape in August 2015, claiming that Hamza had joined the group. In the audio message, Hamza himself spoke and called for lone wolf attacks in Washington, DC, Paris and Tel Aviv.

He issued another audio message this past July, calling for 'revenge against the United States'. 

'Hamza (pictured) could get anything, n one would ever search him when he came back into the compound because he was bin Laden’s kid,' Khadr said

It was revealed this week that bin Laden's son was officially given the same designation as his infamous father by the State Department, which now considers him a terrorist

The message specifically called on 'Saudi Arabian-based tribes to unite with Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to wage war against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' - an ally of the U.S.

Being added to the U.S.'s counter-terrorism blacklist involves economic sanctions that prevents people on the list from doing business with American citizens and holding funds in U.S.-based bank accounts.

The Al-Qaeda leadership believes there is huge propaganda value in invoking the Bin Laden name because it allows them to stake their claim to be the legitimate representative of jihad in the Middle East.

In recent years Al-Qaeda and its Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al Nusra, have lost territory and fighters to ISIS during a long-running mutually destructive conflict. Al-Qaeda has also lost key leaders as a result of ISIS assassinations and Coalition bombings.

Abdurahman Khadr enters the subway after leaving Ontario Superior Court following his brother's bail hearing in Toronto. His brother was locked up at Guantanamo Bay for a decade

Abdurahman Khadr, right, mother Maha Elsamnah Khadr, centre, and grandmother Fatmah Elsamnah Khadr away from Ontario Superior Court in Toronto Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005

As the natural heir to Osama Bin Laden, Hamza's name and more youthful profile will boost Al-Qaeda's recruitment of jihadi fighters from all over the world.

Hamza's emergence as an influential voice among Al-Qaeda's leadership is particularly embarrassing for the Americans.

Following the 2011 U.S. raid on the compound in Abottabad, Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was living, it was reported that Hamza had been killed alongside his father. 

White House officials announced his death, before further analysis showed that it was another son, Khaled, who had been killed.

It unclear where Hamza was at the time of the raid. But letters found in the Abbottabad hideaway suggest that even in the months before his death Osama bin Laden was grooming Hamza as his successor.

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