US says Californian may be in al Qaeda threat video

Reuters ^ | 10 Nov 2004

[yonif]

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials are confident, but not certain, the English-speaking man who threatened new al Qaeda attacks in a videotape obtained by ABC News is a missing Californian named Adam Gadahn, ABC reported reported on Tuesday.

After weeks of technical analysis, officials have concluded with a high degree of confidence that the speaker identified on the videotape as "Assam the America" is Gadahn, who left California for Pakistan six years ago, ABC reported.

The CIA referred calls to the FBI. An FBI spokesman said he had no information on the reported identification.

ABC obtained the videotape in Pakistan last month and broadcast it on Oct. 28. In the portions of the tape shown, the speaker, whose face was cloaked, said he is a follower of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The speaker vowed new attacks worse than those of Sept. 11, 2001.

Officials concluded the speaker was Gadahn after examining the tape, speaking to his family, and showing the tape to captured al Qaeda operatives, ABC reported.

U.S. officials said there is still no legal certainty that the person in the videotape is Gadahn, but his parents have reluctantly agreed it is likely their son, ABC reported.

Gadahn, now 26, converted to Islam at age 17 and attended a mosque in Orange County, California, according to ABC. The director of the mosque told the network he also recognized the voice on the tape as Adam Gadahn's and reported it to the FBI.

In May, FBI Director Robert Mueller named Gadahn as one of seven people being sought in connection with possible terrorist threats in the United States. He said Gadahn was associated with al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan.

Gadahn's parents said they last heard from him in a telephone call from Karachi a few months after the Sept. 11 attacks, ABC reported.

Gadahn, born Adam Pearlman and raised in Riverside County, California, is the son of a 1960s psychedelic musician who changed the family name, ABC said.

[Sociopathocracy]

Another Blue State freak!

[denydenydeny]

Interesting. This story vanished when the Osama tape appeared the day after the Gadahn tape surfaced.

[Snapple]

Notice it was a Muslim who contacted and helped the FBI.

[Army Air Corps]

Osama is angered by Tail o' the Pup.

[vox humana]

The MSM is so Lame!

Gadahn was identified by several bloggers when the tape was first released. There were even several threads here on FR about Gadahn.

[TheForceOfOne]

Could they hear any Barbara Streisand music in the backgroud?

[Dog Gone]

Heck ya. It was like some soap opera actor being upstaged by Sean Connery.

[The Doctor]

All the '60s bulls*&%t is coming back to haunt us.

[Gibtx]

yep ... all the drugs and stuff just fried the brains......

[texson66]

ADAM YAHIYE GADAHN

Aliases:

Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah

 DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used:	September 1, 1978	Hair:	Brown
Place of Birth:	United States	Eyes:	Brown
Height:	5'11"	Sex:	Male
Weight:	190 pounds	Complexion:	Light
Build:	Medium

DETAILS

Adam Yahiye Gadahn is being sought in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States. Although the FBI has no information indicating this individual is connected to any specific terrorist activities, the FBI would like to locate and question this person.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT THE LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000 

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[theDentist]

U.S. intelligence officials are confident, but not certain, the English-speaking man who threatened new al Qaeda attacks in a videotape obtained by ABC News is a missing Californian named Adam Gadahn, ABC reported...

Old news, ABC. Why don't you get back to your Election COUntdown and tell us how much Kerry shall win by?

[26lemoncharlie]

Yes !! you got it ! The Flower Children of the 60's believed their own BS ! Now that they have assumed the reins of power in influential areas like literature, psychology, sociology, radio and TV, newspapers, education -- Their living out their mind expanding halucinations at our expense -- Their on DRUGS!! and IN CHARGE!! The PATIENTS are INCHARGE of the ASYLUM !!!!!!

[notkerry]

I guess OSMA lied about blue states versus red states. What a suprise, but I bet a bunch of stupid Kerry voters fell for it.

[The Doctor]

It's not just the drugs. It's the view that all cultures are equally valid, and that the American culture at some point became imperialist and therefore evil. When policemen who are hired and trained to keep peace are universally referred to as pigs by the so-called intelligentsia, then the culture starts to break apart and this repudiation is what happens.

People weren't and still aren't thinking critically for themselves.

[26lemoncharlie]

I knew Usama was trying to find the easy targets -- The Blue States!! To many heavily armed cowboys in those Red States!!

[Righter-than-Rush]

Just hit Frisco and Berkeley. No nukes. Hit them with your choice of gay-targeting warheads. Again, no nukes. If you use nukes, Mecca will become a sheet of glass and the PC gloves will be off. Your fellow Muslims will die all over the world. We will not be asking questions if you piss us of.

So, have fun in your destruction of Sodom and Feminiville.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Ping

[The Doctor]

Yes, that's a good way of putting it. The counter-culture found an eager audience (through MSM, of course) and learned that the bigger the BS, the more attention they received. It was self-perpetuating, but only with the help of the media.

[planekT]

...Could they hear any Barbara Streisand music in the backgroud?...

Yes. They were in an elevator.