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American al-Qaida member missing? (missing but not missed)
MSNBC ^ | 2/8/2008 | Robert Windrem

Posted on 02/08/2008 12:28:26 PM PST by tobyhill

Where is accused terrorist Adam Gadahn?

That’s what Taliban sources along the Afghan-Pakistan border are wondering about the American-born al-Qaida member. Gadahn, known as Azzam al-Ameriki (Azzam the American), joined al-Qaida in 2003 and has appeared in several bombastic al-Qaida videos since then. Federal prosecutors indicted the Californian for treason in October 2006, and he's now on the FBI's Most Wanted List.

U.S. intelligence officials have heard the same rumors, but tell NBC News that they have no information to suggest Gadahn is dead. They specifically deny that Gadahn was killed in the same Predator missile attack that killed al-Qaida’s #4, Abu Laith al-Libi, last week near the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province. Gadahn was visiting Mir Ali at the time, according to a local man who describes himself as a friend of Gadahn’s.

Jihadist sources on the Pakistan side of the border are telling local journalists they are worried. One who described himself as a “very close friend” of Gadahn said the 28-year-old California native had until recently been spending most of his time in the populated areas of South Waziristan, near the towns of Wana, Azam Warsak and Shahkai.

The same friend said Gadahn had left for North Waziristan a week before the Predator attack in Mir Ali, where he was supposed to attend “an important meeting”. The friend said that, after the Predator attack on January 31, they lost “all contact” with Gadahn.

"All our friends are worried about him but so far we could not make any contact with him. We had sent two of our friends to Mir Ali to locate him and provide us with details about him," the supposed friend explained.

He added that other militants who traveled with Gadahn also were missing.

(Excerpt) Read more at deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adamgadahn; adampearlman; gadahn; gwot; jewishalqaeda; mirali; missing; pakistan; predator; waziristan
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1 posted on 02/08/2008 12:28:30 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Dirt nap.


2 posted on 02/08/2008 12:30:55 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.)
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To: tobyhill

Wow. It looks like the U.S. government may have deprived him of his constitutional rights.

I wonder if Sen. McInsane will be morally outraged.


3 posted on 02/08/2008 12:31:54 PM PST by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

GITMO


4 posted on 02/08/2008 12:32:38 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (Chuin, Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

GITMO


5 posted on 02/08/2008 12:32:47 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (Chuin, Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: tobyhill
LOL LOL LOL
6 posted on 02/08/2008 12:33:12 PM PST by Bob Eimiller (appeasement "it's the idea that if you feed the alligator he will eat you last." Winston Churchill)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
This reporter talks as though they have people in contact with the terrorist on a day to day basis. If that’s the case I’m having a hard time understanding why there aren’t more drone drops and more dead reporters?
7 posted on 02/08/2008 12:34:03 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill

He is probably hiding in a hole like his cowardly cohorts. They strap bombs on retarded women and detonate them from afar. Hope he is taking a dirt nap.


8 posted on 02/08/2008 12:34:27 PM PST by LottieDah (Democrats and liberals never fail to disappoint.)
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To: tobyhill
Where is accused terrorist Adam Gadahn?

I strongly suspect he is operating a small convenience store with a glass case at the check out counter where they display cigarette lighters, twenty dollar diamond rings and eight dollar watches. It is situated near a dry cleaners operated by a Hindu guy. Flash point waiting to happen.

9 posted on 02/08/2008 12:35:23 PM PST by San Jacinto
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To: LottieDah

He may have seen how quick them drones work and is begging for his mommy.


10 posted on 02/08/2008 12:36:15 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...

Hmmm, even the MSM is wondering.


11 posted on 02/08/2008 12:37:10 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity.)
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To: tobyhill
Where is accused terrorist Adam Gadahn?

He probably has a tenured chair in Peace Studies at Harvard.

12 posted on 02/08/2008 12:37:49 PM PST by Argus
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To: tobyhill
Where is accused terrorist Adam Gadahn?

There he is!!


13 posted on 02/08/2008 12:38:50 PM PST by TADSLOS (Estoy Juan McCain y apruebo este mensaje!)
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To: elhombrelibre
Trouble identifying all the dead creates a slight problem. The terrorist haven’t even listed all the dead except for the leaders.
14 posted on 02/08/2008 12:40:17 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill
This reporter talks as though they have people in contact with the terrorist on a day to day basis. If that’s the case I’m having a hard time understanding why there aren’t more drone drops and more dead reporters?

See my tagline.
15 posted on 02/08/2008 12:40:39 PM PST by Beckwith (Dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: tobyhill

He’s not missing, but his head is.


16 posted on 02/08/2008 12:41:17 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: tobyhill

These cowardly pieces of work come out at night and set IEDs and strap bombs on the feeble minded because they know they can’t win a face to face fight against United States millitary personnel. Again, I hope he is in hell.


17 posted on 02/08/2008 12:41:33 PM PST by LottieDah (Democrats and liberals never fail to disappoint.)
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To: elhombrelibre
Here's some more potential information on that dirtbag and his friends.

I like it when missing terrorists are finally confirmed as dead terrorists.

Fingers crossed.

18 posted on 02/08/2008 12:42:31 PM PST by Allegra (A chicken in every pot and a pair of new socks every day.)
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To: tobyhill
However, they note that they are having difficulty determining the identities of the 13 people killed in the attacks

well, it's hard to fit all those bits and pieces together...

Seriously, they were able to identify Al-libi only by distinguishing marks they already knew he had...not, it would seem, with a whole face?

On the other hand, what a great opportunity to get the dogs off your trail...make people think you no longer take up oxygen

19 posted on 02/08/2008 12:44:37 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: Allegra

Great minds think alike, eh?


20 posted on 02/08/2008 12:44:44 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity.)
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