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Tape Released: American al Qaeda Member Warns of Attacks
ABC Good Morning America ^ | September 11, 2005 | BRIAN ROSS

Posted on 09/11/2005 7:20:45 AM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; adamgadahn; alqaeda; alqaedainamerica; convert; fourthanniversary; gadahn; gadahnalqaedatool; globaljihad; gwot; islamisdeath; islamonazis; jihad; jihadinamerica; mosquewatch; orangecountymosque; religionofpeace; savages; september112001; targets; terrorism; terrorists
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To: Kaslin
Because of Jerkoff's like this guy, the president needs and has been given this tool that the left doesn't want him to have, the ability to arrest and hold indefinitely, Jose Padilla stays locked up
61 posted on 09/11/2005 7:49:18 AM PDT by guitarnick40 ( The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is to put an f'n liberal in charge.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

Johnnyboy is rotting in a federal prison


62 posted on 09/11/2005 7:49:55 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: cripplecreek

yuppers cripplecreek , and I don't want my kids and grandkids forced to deal with this SH*T


63 posted on 09/11/2005 7:50:19 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: mylife
Nice picture!

How come all the mooslim nutcases grow their pubic hairs on their chin??

???Lack of testosterone???
64 posted on 09/11/2005 7:51:56 AM PDT by aShepard
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To: mylife

Geez...there's about 10,000 guys who look like this clown running around Vermont at this very moment.


65 posted on 09/11/2005 7:53:01 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (New England...the Sodom and Gomorrah of the 21st Century, and they're proud of it!)
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To: aShepard

They are fixated with hair arent they?

Fixation seems central to thier thought process


66 posted on 09/11/2005 7:53:37 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Perdogg
>>> Was that from Al Qaeda or from the DNC?

Not much difference They are CONNECTED.

ACLU, VVAW, IAC, ANSWER, Not In Our Name, Human Rights First....they all fall under Ahmed Huber's guidence that operate under SAAR foundation (currently under investigation after being raided in Operation Greenquest)

Ahmed text:

About Ahmed Huber:

Among the conclave’s key backers was Ahmed Huber, a Swiss-German convert to Islam who traveled back and forth to Beirut to promote the event. This is the same Huber who is a primary supporter of the NPD, the German neo-Nazi party that sent 4,000 of its members marching through Berlin’s historic Jewish neighborhood on a recent Sabbath.

It takes money, clout and coordination to get 4,000 people to march anywhere, and clearly, people like Huber have got all three. And his contacts stretch beyond Europe and the Middle East. In a recent televised interview, Huber spoke of his many lectures in the United States and boasted that because of his strong ties to American Islamic groups, he was given advance warning that something big was going to happen here -- well before 9/11.

Against a wall filled with pictures of his heroes -- the Ayatollah Khomeini and Hitler, among others -- Huber denies that his bank has helped al Qaida, even as he gloats about his cohorts in the U.S. assuring him, We will bring down the power of the Israel lobby.

Alias: Achmed Albert Friedrich Armand Huber

Linked to:

Nada Management Organization - the Nada Management Organization was blocked on suspicion that the firm had possible links to the September 11 attacks. No details were given about the amounts frozen or the banks concerned. The move comes after the United States asked Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and the Bahamas to block all assets belonging to the Nada Management Organization, which was previously known as al-Taqwa. Two of the company’s bosses were detained by police for questioning in Lugano on Wednesday, as part of a coordinated operation by Switzerland, Italy and Liechtenstein.

Youssef Mustafa Nada and Ali Ghaleb Himmat were taken into custody after Italian police raided their homes on Wednesday in Campione D’Italia, a tiny Italian enclave in Switzerland, surrounded by canton Ticino. They were later released. Another Nada official, Ahmed Huber, was questioned about al-Taqwa’s activities by Swiss officials in Bern before being released. The Swiss federal prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, said the investigation was likely to take several months. “We now have enough information to open an inquiry. We seized a lot of documentation on Wednesday, some of which is in Arabic, and it will take a long time to follow the paper trail.”

The US authorities say al-Taqwa is one of several informal cash exchanges - known as “hawalas” - which funnel millions of dollars to terrorists outside the traditional banking system.

Investigators suspect that hawalas also help terrorists acquire material and supplies by acting as front organisations. They believe bin Laden has made use of them to acquire and distribute funds.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=900002

Nada Management, founded in 1987 under the name al-Taqwa, is one of the world’s largest financial institutions dedicated to Muslim clients and Islamic business activities. One elemental service these groups provide is the hawala exchange system, by which small amounts of money - usually less than $1,000 - are transferred to other hawala agencies around the world. A sum of money or valuable can be brought to a hawala agency in Europe, for example, where a phone call to a network office in the Middle East or Asia will free up a corresponding amount at the desired destination.

The transaction is almost immediate, based entirely on trust and requires no certification that might leave a paper trail. Western antiterror experts suspect such unregulated transactions allow millions of dollars to be funneled to Islamist groups engaged in terror.

Also Linked to:

Relationships

Primary Entity Type Related Entity Name Start Date End Date
Iran Linked to Khobar Towers Bombing    
Saif al-Adel Resided in Iran    
Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi Resided in Iran    
Saad bin Laden Linked to Iran    
Islamic Great Eastern Raider's Front Linked to Iran    
Hani Al-Sayegh Linked to Iran    
Ahmed Huber Linked to Iran    
Habip Aktas Linked to Iran    
Yusuf Polat Linked to Iran    
Fevzi Yitiz Linked to Iran    
Muhammad Khalid Traveled from Iran    
ASA Diam Place a phone call to Iran 1/15/2001 1/15/2001


67 posted on 09/11/2005 7:53:43 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: mtbopfuyn

And of course, peace means submission.


68 posted on 09/11/2005 7:54:29 AM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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To: who knows what evil?

Does Howlin Howard know this? ;)


69 posted on 09/11/2005 7:54:31 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: spunkets

I think he meant to say "we are mulims, we love peas"


70 posted on 09/11/2005 7:54:59 AM PDT by Newton (are we there yet?)
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To: Kaslin
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71 posted on 09/11/2005 7:55:04 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: 11Bush
I swear they are all members of GLAD.

LOL!!

72 posted on 09/11/2005 7:55:09 AM PDT by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big..." Jerry Fletcher)
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To: Wolverine

bttt


73 posted on 09/11/2005 7:56:22 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Beth528

Beth,
This is important information. Thank you for posting.


74 posted on 09/11/2005 7:57:23 AM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: aShepard
How come all the mooslim nutcases grow their pubic hairs on their chin??

Probably because they don't have a pubic region to grow them on.

75 posted on 09/11/2005 7:58:17 AM PDT by Jackknife ( "I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father'." —Will Rogers)
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To: Borax Queen
"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."

ping

76 posted on 09/11/2005 7:58:17 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Kaslin
"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."

Are they sure this wasn't Cindy Sheehan? Sure sounds like her.

77 posted on 09/11/2005 7:58:29 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Kaslin

"American al Qaeda Member".... There is no such thing... IMVHO....


78 posted on 09/11/2005 7:58:41 AM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem
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To: Kaslin
We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam

Islam is a peaceful religion as long as the women are raped and the infidels are killed.

79 posted on 09/11/2005 7:59:34 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ( "Sic semper tyrannis." (Your dinosaur is ill.))
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To: nonliberal
If the terrorists blew up Hollywood...would anyone care?

LOL. Funniest post I have read all day!!!

Do you think we could ask them to blow up Hollywood??? Or is that over the line??

80 posted on 09/11/2005 7:59:43 AM PDT by 2ndreconmarine
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