Tape Released: American al Qaeda Member Warns of Attacks

ABC Good Morning America ^ | September 11, 2005 | BRIAN ROSS

[Kaslin]

In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqué broadcast on ABC News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against cities in the US and Australia.

"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing. At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."

In response to the threats against their city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the city's police department released a statement this morning. They admitted to Los Angeles being a target of terrorism, but said there are no known, credible threats against the city and labeled the tape an instrument of al Qaeda propaganda.

"The statement broadcast this morning on Good Morning America should come as no surprise to anyone. The statement was meant to instill fear, and fear is the most important weapon the terrorists possess."

The taped diatribe lasts 11 minutes. Like past tapes, it appears to include the same graphics and production techniques recognized by U.S. officials as part of al Qaeda's standard propaganda production. In this tape, the speaker levels threats against the U.S. and Great Britain.

"Don't believe the lies of the liars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 10 Downing Street," Gadahn insists. "They have dispatched your sons and daughters to die lonely deaths in the burning deserts of Iraq and the unforgiving mountains of Afghanistan."

Only a few years ago, Adam Gadahn was a southern California teenager with interests in the environment and heavy metal music

His family says he converted to Islam at an Orange County mosque. There, officials say Gadahn came under the influence of militants who took him to Pakistan.

He has since emerged as an al Qaeda propaganda tool. His latest message warns Americans an attack is imminent unless the United States stops its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

American intelligence officials believe the man who appears on the tape to be Adam Gadahn of Orange County, Calif. Last year, Gadahn delivered a similar taped communiqué for al Qaeda. That tape was later deemed authentic.

On the new tape, delivered to ABC News, Gadahn's message contains a very pointed al Qaeda threat against Los Angeles and Melbourne.

"We love peace, but when the enemy violates that peace or prevents us from achieving it, then we love nothing better than the heat of battle, the echo of explosion, and the slitting of the throats of the infidels," the tape says.

As for the rest of the tape, the young man attempts to dispel any rumors or reports of bin Laden being deceased. He closes his tape by invoking the names of the September 11th hijackers.

"Everyone of us is Mohammed Atta," he says.

ABC News' Chris Isham, David Scott, Gretchen Peters, Krista Kjellman, and Avni Patel contributed to this report.

[grey_whiskers]

It's AMAZING ..The Dem talking points and this jerk off's announcement are almost word for word the same...

Has anyone double-checked DU's response to this guy?

[daybreakcoming]

They didn't warn us about 9/11, '93 WTC, USS Cole, etc. Why would they "warn" us now? Anbd why pick Los Angeles unless the real target is the complete opposite.
Idiots. We are in no mood right now to play well with others.

[divulger]

Lord have mercy on the rag heads if they do hit us like they did in 9/11.

All I can say is I'm glad I'm not one of them.

[minotaur13]

Everything you have printed is true. I have seen some of it myself, here in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, our government cannot keep up enough with the technical manuevers done on the internet by those intent on such destruction, and the blossoming growth of dissatisfied identities living within our boundaries who are embracing illusions as facts.
America is a young and vulnerable, if not gulable country, and our ability to maintain strength may well come down to local communities relying on themselves over government beuracracies which are slow to react effectively in time. THERE WAS A TEST RUN OF A HIGH TECH BOMB IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA ON DECEMBER 9, 2001. Fortunately for L.A. there was a witness who called it in to a 9-1-1 operator in the early dawn of that morning. The methods you have quoted combined with such high profile bombings are MEANT TO DO EXACTLY AS OUTLINED in those quotes, and have in fact been going on for OVER two decades. Acquiring a nuclear bomb was just the icing on the cake for these people. So the question is: How do we educate more people within our communities to overlook their fears and concentrate on fighting the 'good fight'?

[daybreakcoming]

I grew up on an extremely rural goat ranch

Must be something about goats that draws Muslims.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"I was listening to Air America...and they were laughing at the tapes."

That's because they realized that their dumb*ss radio intern went ahead and did it on a double-dare. Real funny issue. We should have plugged that other treasonist American Al Queda in the desert to set an example when he started crying for his momma. This punk will be no different. Must be coming down off his Ritalin.

[RunningWolf]

This may sound apocalyptic. But I hope the FBI actually knows where Gadahn is (& where his network extends), and is just busy getting more fish in the net.

Otherwise Gadahn is more to us dangerous than OBL himself.

"Everyone of us is Mohammed Atta," he says.

Our elected President G. Bush said It true, we are in a many year GWOT.

Wolf

[M. Espinola]

"Clean out the mosques."

Mosques & so-called 'Islamic centers' are registered under the Federal tax exempt status (501c3).

Jihadists brazenly abuse their tax free status to indoctrinate, recruit and further the terrorist goals of Jihad right in our own back yards.

A sensible national security first step in countering the enemy within is revoking the 501c3 free ride for all mosques with any ties to jihadic activities.

[Lijahsbubbe]

At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion

As if we ever did....

[Fabozz]

"Was that from Al Qaeda or from the DNC?"

Since there's no profanity in it, I'm pretty sure it came from al-Qaeda.

[farmer18th]

Do they make a higher resolution version of this image for target practice?

[guitarnick40]

These tapes are becoming quite a hoot in my opinion. Maybe if Zarqawi isn't killed in Iraq he has a career ahead of him at:

[guitarnick40]

And these American bred Talibanny Jihadders deserve the electric chair in the public square free Pay Per View.

[Hostage]

"Don't believe the lies of the liars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 10 Downing Street," Gadahn insists. "They have dispatched your sons and daughters to die lonely deaths in the burning deserts of Iraq and the unforgiving mountains of Afghanistan."

Did anyone post yet a parallel reference to Tokyo Rose?

[OXENinFLA]

Anyone know why this is an "edited transcript"?

[Beth528]

How do we educate more people within our communities to overlook their fears and concentrate on fighting the 'good fight'?

We can continue posting the truth here and hope and pray people will read what is really going on in this country..

The simple minded democrats could care less as long as they get power to ruin our country..And the people that follow them are not educated enough to understand..I intend to keep putting things up that these animals are doing and have done to my beautiful country..As long as some people have a full belly,tv, and roof over their head they do not pay attention to the evil that has come to our country..

[Jeff Head]

"In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqué broadcast on Abduhl-Bin-Cantara (ABC) News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against cities in the US and Australia."

The Tokyo Rose Network of our time (CNN, CBS, and NBC are no different...different strains of the same infection).

[sam_paine]

"Don't believe the lies of the liars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 10 Downing Street," FRANKEN insists. ...leftists...indistiguishable from al-qaeda propaganda....

[astounded]

ROFLMAO - what a little queer...