Do I really need to say it?
Posted on 05/19/2008 4:03:22 AM PDT by gridlock
This afternoon, Al-Qaida's As-Sahab Media Foundation has released the second audio recording of Usama Bin Laden in the space of only three days--this time, openly addressed "to the Islamic nation." But, perhaps what is most interesting about Bin Laden's latest set of audio recordings is not what they contain--but rather, what they inexplicably lack: the English-language subtitles and matching transcript that have, until recently, been a customary feature of professional-quality As-Sahab videos. An analysis of the history of As-Sahab recordings and their evolution over time would seem to indicate that the responsibility for creating these English-language products fell largely on the shoulders of one man alone: Adam Gadahn (a.k.a. "Azzam al-Amriki"), the California native who was recruited by Al-Qaida computer specialists living in Garden Grove in the late 1990s, and who later traveled on to Pakistan seeking to join his new hero Usama Bin Laden. Gadahn's voice and, more recently, his face have been an integral part of As-Sahab releases since their first video production in 2001, "The Destruction of the U.S.S. Cole" (a.k.a. "State of the Ummah"). He has frequently appeared as a freely identified commentator in As-Sahab videos, with clips of him speaking in English juxtaposed amid footage of Usama Bin Laden and Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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In January 2008, the U.S. military used a Predator drone to launch an airstrike on a house in Mir Ali, Pakistan, which was suspected to be hiding several high-ranking Al-Qaida leaders and operatives. Within days, Al-Qaida issued a series of statements and video recordings acknowledging that the airstrike had caused serious casualties ... (snip)... These sources indicated that a host of other less-senior-but-still-significant Al-Qaida members were also inside the house at the time, including Abu al-Laith's deputy, a Somali holding Australian or U.S. nationality, two Kuwaiti jihadis, and--most interesting of all--none other than Adam Gadahn himself. Al-Qaida has never confirmed nor denied reports of Adam Gadahn's death, and that has only added to the growing mystery surrounding his whereabouts.
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... For Gadahn, it has been a long journey and a strange ideological transformation from his younger days in California spent promoting recycling and environmental conservation. If ultimately proven, his death will serve as a lesson for what happens to naive individuals lured into believing there is honor in playing foolish games with guns and bombs.
So, Adam, in the event that you are still out there (alive, kicking, and reading this message), please do drop a line and let us know what has become of you!
Do I really need to say it?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
We're gonna miss that boy...
I wonder if AQ will send their SAO to his family in CA?
So, does the Predator driver get the Million Bucks?
Where’s Adam?Ask the birds near the safe house where he got bombed into hamburger.
Hey, Jihad is all fun and games until a predator turns you into a greasy glop.
I really wish GWBs parting shot would be to say that UBL has been dead for at least three years and show confirmation of the demise of many his lesser minions. Maybe even framed and matted pictures of same (ala Zarqawi). I would really really like to see that. Haven’t heard or seen from Al Zawahiri for awhile, either. Are we holding back because they don’t want these cretins to appear as martyrs? Or is it becasue the WOT funds would be cancelled by a short term memory Congress?
He’s in the presence of 72 virgins.
Gadahn as a deep-cover mole, operating in enemy territory? I dunno, he doesn’t strike me as the type. Of course, that could all be part of his masterful disguise!
He’s a radial blood spray pattern.
(This is where it gets fun, see either he dead, or we have him and they have no way of knowing which so they always have to be wondering just who might be our information pipeline cause the rate we are killing off leadership cadre indicates we are getting good info SOME how.)
That’s a misprint in the Koran. He actually get’s a 72 year old virgin.
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... For Gadahn, it has been a long journey and a strange ideological transformation from his younger days in California spent promoting recycling and environmental conservation.
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Only liberals cannot connect the dots here.
If Bin Laden was really alive we would get more than an audio recording. Hoping Adam is already in hell with him.
Best post of the week, and tagline material!
I tried to help them by including that snippet, which is really the gold nugget of the entire piece, if you ask me.
Our Liberal betters are trying to promote environmentalism as the highest ideal, and cannot undestand that they are creating a spiritual vacuum that will be filled by Islam, Scientology, Pilates, or some other such nonsense.
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