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Adam Gadahn: California rocker turned Al-Qaeda mouthpiece, killed in U.S. operation
Yahoo News ^ | 04/23/2015 | Dave Clark

Posted on 04/23/2015 1:30:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Adam Gadahn, the Al-Qaeda spokesman believed killed in a US operation, was a teenage rock music fan who grew up on a Californian goat farm before he was drawn into radical Islam.

The White House announced Thursday that US intelligence thinks Gadahn died in January in a "counterterrorism operation" in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

The 36-year-old was apparently not deliberately targeted in the raid, but he has long been one of the most wanted jihadist figures on the US hit list, with a $1 million bounty on his head.

As an English speaker and senior Al-Qaeda propagandist, he was one of the most high-profile figures in the global jihadist movement and a regular online presence, taunting his homeland and inciting attacks.

After the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, he played a leading role in the movement's shift in focus to an effort to inspire "lone wolf" radicals to mount spontaneous attacks in the West.

In a two-part, 100-minute video released after Bin Laden's death, he said Muslims living in the West are "perfectly placed to play an important and decisive part in the jihad against the Zionists and Crusaders."

And in 2012, he marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks by warning fellow American Muslims that their own government was plotting a "holocaust" against them.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adamgadahn; alqaeda; counterterrorism; gadahn; homegrown; oef
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Adam Gadahn, American mouthpiece for al Qaeda, killed.
1 posted on 04/23/2015 1:30:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for playing!


2 posted on 04/23/2015 1:32:28 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: SeekAndFind

this is such good news


3 posted on 04/23/2015 1:33:16 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: SeekAndFind

This is what happens when reality hits the concrete slab of the morgue.
Enjoy your eternity in hell skippy. You are a traitor to your nation and dude ( califonese) you are so so wrong. And you are still dead.
Freegards
LEX


4 posted on 04/23/2015 1:33:39 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: SeekAndFind

Good riddance to bad rubbish.I can’t say I’m sorry that he won’t be missed.


5 posted on 04/23/2015 1:34:10 PM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Adam GaGONE!


6 posted on 04/23/2015 1:34:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: SeekAndFind

growing up on a California goat farm...? Well, there ya go!


7 posted on 04/23/2015 1:34:31 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: LeoWindhorse

give the USAF drone pilot he million bucks


8 posted on 04/23/2015 1:35:03 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: SeekAndFind

Let’s see the body, or it didn’t happen.


9 posted on 04/23/2015 1:35:04 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

buh-bye


10 posted on 04/23/2015 1:35:11 PM PDT by tgusa (gun control: hitting your target.)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Enjoy your eternity in hell skippy.


11 posted on 04/23/2015 1:37:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Here are your 72 Virgins, Skippy...



12 posted on 04/23/2015 1:37:51 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

” marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks by warning fellow American Muslims that their own government was plotting a “holocaust” against them.”

Lol, what an idiot.
Our government is against conservatives, Christians, white males, soldiers, and those who hold to obeying and sticking to the Constitution.
Muslims and illegal aliens get a pass.
Guess Gadahn didn’t pay attention.


13 posted on 04/23/2015 1:38:15 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Queue Queen, “Another One Bites the Dust”.


14 posted on 04/23/2015 1:39:09 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favo--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: SeekAndFind
Adam Gadahn, American mouthpiece for al Qaeda, killed.

Gee, I really do hate that.

Not!

But, it pisses me off that I have to give that damned fool in the white house any credit for doing anything at all.

15 posted on 04/23/2015 1:42:18 PM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

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>> “give the USAF drone pilot he million bucks” <<

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You Bet!
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16 posted on 04/23/2015 1:44:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gosh, that’s a pity. Let me pause for a solemn reflection of grief. OK, I’m over it.


17 posted on 04/23/2015 1:47:41 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm sure Goatboy received a ‘warm’ welcome into the next world.
18 posted on 04/23/2015 2:01:48 PM PDT by JPG (Lefty reporters doing battle with Sen. Cruz will continue to be chewed-up and spit-out.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent!


19 posted on 04/23/2015 2:15:19 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Do you suppose 0bama will have his family to the WH and do some Rose Garden presentation honoring his service?


20 posted on 04/23/2015 2:19:33 PM PDT by NEMDF
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