Posted on 11/01/2004 7:18:25 AM PST by gobucks
And so, his dad, Mr. Pearlman, changes his name to Gadahn (saying its from the Bible, though it doesn't exist there) slaughters goats for consumption according to Islamic dietary laws, and when Adam runs away from home (and I can't say I blame him), he changes his name back to Pearlman, for awhile at least. Yep, he's got an identity problem all right!
That said, I didn't like his threat video (and I do think it is him) last week. I found it, coming just before OBL's video, chilling. We at FR need to know about this dude; I don't think the FBI is underestimating him. Also, I read the reviews attributed to him, as referred to above; Adam writes very intelligently about extremely gross material. (and fwiw, I already know that Siddiqi is one of the bad guys; the author of this story doesn't I suspect)
Here are a couple of good FR posts about him:
ALL ABOUT ADAM GADAHN (Latest American Al Qaeda)
and this:
Fox News Reports IMAM Confirms Terror Tape Made by Adam Gadahn.
Here are the other articles about him:
American Being Sought by the F.B.I. Found His Place in Islam, Relatives Say
from article (which is interesting): He appears to have found that place somewhere in Pakistan, where he fled more than five years ago to study and work among fellow Muslims, family members said. Mr. Gadahn, 25, converted to Islam at 17, saying he found the faith more peace-loving and rational than the nondenominational Christianity of his parents, who home-schooled Adam Gadahn and his three siblings.
ping: your last post to me inspired me to find this about Phil Pearlman.
All this new info did was make me more concerned, not less, about what Adam is up to, given the trouble he has gone to get that video splashed here last week...
death metal ping
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uh, just in case:
I can't stand metal music at all, and I can't claim I have ever listend to a 'death' metal song.
If you don't like regular metal. you'll hate death metal.
It could be worse he could have been a "grindcore" fan as well.
Well, my son also liked to listen to heavy metal and he went and joined the IDF.
-Eric
"It could be worse he could have been a "grindcore" fan as well."
If you read the zine reviews authored by 'Adam' (from the reference in the article), he hints that (at that time) he was indeed such a fan (but I don't know what grindcore is and I don't WANT to know, thanks.
Republican Radio does not official support heavy metal music, but one of the younger members of our Broadcast Bunch said "I hate the Devil but must admit I do like his music."
The subject of what music IDF soldiers like is an interesting one (the negev desert 'flash mob' type get togethers in their off hours to dance to technofusion? was interesting to learn about for example. But, it was not the death metal stuff that caught my attention as much as the info about Phil and his impact on his son, Adam.
From my post #1: And so, his dad, Mr. Pearlman, changes his name to Gadahn (saying its from the Bible, though it doesn't exist there) slaughters goats for consumption according to Islamic dietary laws, and when Adam runs away from home (and I can't say I blame him), he changes his name back to Pearlman, for awhile at least. Yep, he's got an identity problem all right!
Btw, I'm a military vet too, and when I was in, hard rock of all stripes seemed more popular overall, though country was a close second...
where can his video be found online? It's 75 minutes, he speaks English, and I'd like to see it.
Creative editing on the author's part. The formerly Jewish father with the name that "means nothing", butchered his goats for Islamic dietary customs, which means he hung out with Muslim wackos, which is where his boy learned all about the Religion of Love in Pieces. In addition, he home schooled his kids and had no internet access, meaning the kids had very limited access to information, just like in any other third world country.
After young Gahdhan's conversion, he physically assaulted a moderate Muslim cleric after a disagreement about Islam. Ovbiously the boy had had enough access to that one aspect of life to have formed stronger opinions and more expertise than a guy who was born, raised and dedicated his whole life to it.
Oh and Gadhan's aunt is an environazi. She apparently had some influence over him. Environazis share a lot of political rallies and other social functions with Islamists.
The fact that California embraces any sort of emotional dysfunction doesn't mean teh rest of the country doesn't suffer because of it. CA is the state that gave us Jihad Johnnie. So why not another typical, white, Calofirnia terrist next door? And another after him, and another and another...
I'm a devout Christian and like good metal.
This Blanc must be seriously stupid. So Gadhan would never hurt a fly...he'll just work for the upper echelon of organized terror? He would never kill; he'll translate the oprders for mass murder into English adn pass them on to the guys hired for the particular job? "Honest Mom, bin Laden is a really nice guy. I never knew he really DID all the stuff he sayd he did!"
Duh.
I'm a huge metal fan, as well as gothic music.
There are many Christian metal, gothic metal, and hard rock bands. I happen to listen to either (Christian or not).
Music, or TV or magazines or anything else for that matter, will influence those who would be influenced. We see again and again that kids brought up in a world of moral relativity and no sense of structure lose themselves. Left to their own devices they are easily influenced and brainwashed. Some are like the Columbine kids; a study in suburban neglect, and some end up like Jihad Johnny. Either way it's a nihilistic path you'll take when you have no where to go because you don't know where you are.
We need more Kenny G.
Yep (maybe aunt?)
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