The Voice of 'Al-Qaeda': We Have More Than 'Hamam'

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After talking about a British university that teaches aviation arts remotely, here comes an Australian university, entering the story of Hamam Al-Hamami, who captured the world's attention after his attempt to hijack - or take down - a FlyDubai plane heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

The Australian police announced that authorities are investigating the existence of 'connections to Australia' regarding the FlyDubai co-pilot. Two sources familiar with the investigation revealed that co-pilot Hamam Al-Hamami studied at a university in Melbourne, and that Australian intelligence had kept a file on him, as reported by the American newspaper 'The New York Times'.

Every day, the press will reveal more and more; glory to true journalism, and we are still waiting for in-depth and intricate investigations into the story of the boy Hamam; including examining Hamam's online posts, as they are a helpful means to understand how Hamam's mind and spirit were formed.

In one of his posts, he commented on a discussion about a man hitting a woman, saying: 'He gave her a preemptive slap to redefine her boundaries, just as Russia slapped Ukraine to redraw its boundaries.'

This is a striking comment for two reasons; his aggressive stance against women, and his warm support for Russia against Ukraine. On his LinkedIn account, two comments were posted in quick succession shortly after the incident, one of which included images of aircraft belonging to Israeli airlines, ending with a picture of Ayman al-Zawahiri. His posts also featured an image of Hamam Khalil Abu Malal al-Balawi (Abu Dajana al-Khorasani), a Jordanian member of al-Qaeda who killed 9 people - including 7 officers and contractors of the American CIA, in a suicide attack in 2009.

The posts were broadcast after the incident; is there a party managing Hamam's account? Or are the comments, as mentioned, scheduled automatically?

However, the reference to his namesake, Hamam al-Balawi, or Abu Dajana al-Khorasani, carries a significance that cannot be overlooked; a striking symbolism, especially since the organization (al-Qaeda) 'celebrated' last September the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks... Does the choice of the boy Hamam from Oman carry, among other meanings, the coincidence of the name with the Jordanian Hamam who 'hurt' the Americans and became a new symbol of al-Qaeda, as if the message is: we have more than one Hamam?

God knows, but it is ignorance to ignore such messages, and this leads us to discuss what we have repeatedly said; how have we not yet established 'real' research centers, not centers that merely put a sign saying studies on themselves, which are purely media centers! Centers that monitor the literature of violent and non-violent fundamentalist groups, track their developments and the diversification of their ideas, symbols, and new heroes, or those who are still at the beginning, create experts, and benefit from scholars?

Quoted from 'Asharq Al-Awsat'