Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: JustPiper
Hey JP, In searching for info on the "seven" terrorists I came across this article from Ecuador (translated from spanish). I think this article is from 2002 as it refers to the FBI looking for 17 individuals and on February 12, 2002, the FBI identified seventeen individuals and established a web site www.ifcefbi.gov for persons to e-mail to the FBI any additional information concerning these individuals.

If nothing else the translation makes for humorous reading as it refers to bin laden as "Usama Horseradish tree Laden". Don't ya just love machine translations!

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.radiocatolica.org.ec/modules.php%3Fname%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D211&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2B%2BAbdelazziz%2BBoussora%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

3,842 posted on 05/27/2004 3:38:35 PM PDT by Oorang ( When all else fails, simply revel in the absurdity of it all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3758 | View Replies ]


To: Oorang; All

Here's some info on Adam Gadahn from:

http://www.kfmb.com/topstory25679.html

AMERICAN TERROR SUSPECT HAD 1997 ARREST

(05-27-2004) - Adam Yahiye Gadahn was 17 years old when he walked into the Islamic Society of Orange County and asked for permission to worship there. The farm kid who grew up in a home with Christian roots declared himself a Muslim, ready to immerse himself in his new religion.

But his devotion eventually spiraled into trouble - and an arrest.

Gadahn, who was named Wednesday as one of seven suspected al-Qaida operatives sought by the FBI, was later expelled from the mosque after attacking an employee. Records show he pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges in June 1997 and was sentenced to two days in jail and 40 hours of community service.

"He was becoming very extreme in his ideas and views," said Muzammil Siddiqi, the society's religious director. "He must have disliked something."

The other six alleged al-Qaida operatives whose photos and backgrounds were highlighted Wednesday have been the subject of FBI pursuit for months. Gadahn is the only U.S. native among the seven and the only one whose name was first publicly disclosed Wednesday.

Gadahn's alleged journey from student of Islam to suspected terrorist startled his brother, Omar Gadahn, 17, who first heard the FBI's announcement on the news.

"I don't believe it, but I don't know. Anything is possible," he said at the family home in Santa Ana. His brother "wanted to follow what he believed and that's what he did."

Asked about allegations that his brother might be conspiring to act against the United States, the teen said he'd never heard his brother say anything against the country.

According to the FBI, Gadahn, 25, attended al-Qaida training camps and served as an al-Qaida translator. The agency said he is being sought for "possible terrorist threats against the United States." He also goes by the names Adam Pearlman and Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki.

Omar Gadahn, a college student, said he hasn't seen his brother in about five years. His mother last spoke to him by phone in March 2001. At that time he was in Pakistan, working at a newspaper, and his wife was about to have a child.

The man's father, Phillip Gadahn, said he didn't think his son had been a part of a terrorist organization. He told KCAL-TV that FBI agents told him his son was not wanted and no arrest warrant had been issued for his son's arrest.

"I knew he'd been out of the country, and I thought he was settling down," he said. "I didn't imagine he was involved in anything. ... I'm not sure the FBI really thinks that."

FBI officials in Los Angeles said Adam Gadahn was last known to be in Southern California in 1997 or 1998.

Gadahn was home-schooled at the family farm in Riverside County. He did not attend college. Omar said the family was a "more or less Christian household, but no one was particularly religious."

Omar said he doesn't know why his brother converted to Islam. But a statement attributed to Adam Gadahn on several Muslim-related Web sites said he "gradually realized I could not be a Christian."

"Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew well that they were not the bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be," the statement said. "It was really a natural progression."

Gadahn's aunt Nancy Pearlman described her nephew as inquisitive and quick to learn languages. He read about several religions, she said, noting his mother's family is Roman Catholic and his paternal grandfather Jewish.

"He was raised to be religious, to believe in a God," Pearlman said outside her Los Angeles home. "He made his own choice. We all make our own choices in life."

"There was no indication he was involved with terrorists at all," Pearlman added. "He was never fanatical. I never saw it in him."

The other six suspects discussed by federal authorities on Wednesday were Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, a Saudi native who used to live in South Florida; Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a native of the Comoros Republic; Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian who is under indictment for the 1998 embassy attacks; Amer El-Maati, born in Kuwait and wanted by the FBI for questioning; and Abderraouf Jdey, a Tunisian who was among five men who left suicide messages on videotapes recovered in Afghanistan.


3,846 posted on 05/27/2004 3:42:45 PM PDT by KylaStarr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3842 | View Replies ]

To: JustPiper
RE: My post 3842 with the questionable machine translation. Again, I think this article is from 2002, but, it is interesting to note the terrorist search in S. America for some of the "seven" from the current BOLO.

Freeper mfccinsd (thank you!) was kind enough to do a human translation from the original spanish as follows:

The FBI looks in Ecuador for Al Qaeda terorists Sent Wednesday, May 19th at 6:48 am by rarroyo

Terrorists of the group of OBL (AQ) are being looked for by authorities of the US in Ecuador. The list of 17 individuals (subjects) most wanted, were distributed yesterday by the National Police. At least ten are most wanted by the FBI for their suspected/alleged participation in terrorist acts.

One of them, Karim El Mejjati, 36 years old, is possibly responsible for planning (or thinking up) the attacks/bombings on March 11th in Madrid. He is the leader of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group that is founded/supported/based in the AQ camps in Afganistan.

For the capture of three of the suspects on the National Police's list, the FBI offers $5 million. Ahmed Mohammed Hamed may be responsible for the bombings of the North American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. Adl Saif Al is accused of being the military leader of the network of OBL . Ad Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi is being looked for because of the attacks of Sept. 11th.

Jaber Elbaneh is the only suspected not arrested for affiliation of the base in New York, as was articulated by the Police.

Additionally (besides), Michelle Elizabeth Smith appears on the list distrubted by the Police, but in reality is a vicitim of kidnapping in Oregon, USA.

The leader of the Central Office of Interpol in Quito, Carlos Fuertes, said yesterday that it is a bad interpretation that these strangers 'most wanted' are in Equador. "It is possible that they are here or that they aren't." Information about these persons should be communicated/reported in Quito at the following telephone numbers: 2556620, 2568109, 2231222, and 101.

Gary Edward Lasher (aka Jason Dakin), 27 years old, of the USA, is being looked for by the FBI for kidnapping.

Nzabonimana Callixted, former Minister of Rwanda, is being sought by the International Penal Tribunal for genocide.

Harmeet Singh Harmeet is being sought by the FBI, but this organization is not sure the exact cause of why she is being sought (what it's trying to say is that they (publishers of this document) are not sure exactly why the FBI is looking for her...it just translates akwardly).

Ali Ahmed Mohamed Hamed is one of those implicated in the 1998 embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania.

Golpayegany is being sought by the FBI, but again, this organization does not know the specific reasons it is required they are found.

Aafia Siddiqui, a 32 year old Pakistani is being sought by the FBI for ties to terrorists.

Vulceljic Mladed is being sought, but again, this organization is unsure as to the specific causes for why they are looking for him.

Atwah Muhsin, a 40 year old Egyptian, is one of those responsible for the bombings of the embassies in Tazania and Kenya in 1998.

Liby Anas Al, a 40 year old Lebanese person, has been attributed responsibility for the attack on the US embassies in Africain 1998.

Pun Nanda Kishop is being sought, and this organization is not sure as to the specific causes.

Adl Saif Al, originally from Egypt is believed to be the military leader of the AQ network.

Zubayr Al Rimi Sultan Jubran Sultan, of Saudi Arabia is being sought by the FBI for terrorism.

Karim El Mejjatti is possible the planner of the Madrid attacks, Director of the Morrocan Islamic Combatant Group. Jaber Elbaneh of Yemen is connected/affiliated with AQ. The FBI offers a 5$ million reward.

Maria Angela Leon or Maria Leon or Maria Angela Gloria Leon is wanted for kidnapping of her nephews in the US.

Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi, 36 year old Tunisian, the FBI believes is related to the AQ terrorist network.

3,926 posted on 05/27/2004 5:58:21 PM PDT by Oorang ( When all else fails, simply revel in the absurdity of it all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3842 | View Replies ]

To: Oorang; Gallegos

Usama Horseradish tree Laden

LMBO

El, could you translate for us?


4,101 posted on 05/27/2004 11:34:04 PM PDT by JustPiper (There is a LAW of Cause and Affect)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3842 | View Replies ]

To: Oorang

That did come out a bit like a Mad Libbs, huh?


4,259 posted on 05/28/2004 9:04:06 AM PDT by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3842 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson