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U.S. citizen believed to be writing for al Qaeda website, source says
cnn ^ | 7/18/10 | Paul Cruickshank

Posted on 07/18/2010 2:35:48 PM PDT by Nachum

(CNN) -- A senior U.S. law enforcement official has told CNN that U.S. intelligence believes the principal author of the new online al Qaeda magazine is an American citizen who left for Yemen in October 2009.

The magazine -- called "Inspire" -- appeared last week. Running to nearly 70 pages online, it included articles on bomb-making and encrypting electronic messages, as well as an interview with fugitive Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al Awlaki.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: believed; citizen; ncarolina; northcarolina; qaeda; samirkhan; writing; yemen

1 posted on 07/18/2010 2:35:53 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum
The family later moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.

For whatever reason, a lot of Muslims seem to gravitate to North Carolina. I guess they can keep under the radar there.

2 posted on 07/18/2010 2:52:27 PM PDT by OCC
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To: OCC

It could be any NPR, CNN, NYT, LA TIMES reporter ‘writing’ for AQ.


3 posted on 07/18/2010 2:55:23 PM PDT by max americana
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To: max americana
I was just going to say the same thing! Pick one, anyone of those so-called journalist working for left-wing media.
4 posted on 07/18/2010 2:57:46 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: max americana; kcvl

Amanpour


5 posted on 07/18/2010 2:59:25 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: ErnBatavia

Why do bring up that smoking joe? She will get hers, if she hasn’t already.


6 posted on 07/18/2010 3:49:13 PM PDT by richardtavor
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7 posted on 07/19/2010 2:59:27 AM PDT by Cindy
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