By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt – An American member of al-Qaida warned President Bush on Tuesday to end U.S. involvement in all Muslim lands or face an attack worse than the Sept. 11 suicide assault, according to a new videotape.
Wearing a white robe and a turban, Adam Yehiye Gadahn, who also goes by the name Azzam al-Amriki, said al-Qaida would not negotiate on its demands.
“Your failure to heed our demands … means that you and your people will … experience things which will make you forget all about the horrors of September 11th, Afghanistan and Iraq and Virginia Tech,” he said in the seven-minute video.
Gadahn, who has been charged in a U.S. treason indictment with aiding al-Qaida, spoke in English and the video carried Arabic subtitles. The video appeared on a Web site often used by Islamic militants and carried the logo of al-Qaida’s media wing, as-Sahab.
Gadahn, who appeared in an al-Qaida video last September in which he called on Americans to convert to Islam, demanded that Bush remove all U.S. military and spies from Islamic countries, free all Muslims from U.S. prisons and end support for Israel. He said a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq alone would not satisify al-Qaida.
Ben Venzke at IntelCenter, a U.S. government contractor that monitors al-Qaida messages, said the group likely did not believe any of its demands would be met.
“It essentially allows al-Qaida to say that it has provided fair warning and is thus no longer responsible for the outcome,” Venzke said in a statement.
Gadahn, a California native, is the first American to be charged with treason in more than 50 years and could face the death penalty if convicted. He also was indicted on a charge of providing material support to terrorists.
May 30, 2007 at 12:06 pm |
Dear Mom,
It’s been an interesting day, between the “hey Jason I need you to get down here now” from our Brigade Commander, to the rocket attack in the afternoon, to watching a bloody troop enter the CSH…I really didn’t think it could get much better. Until our battle update brief tonight…due to the surge, i’ve been extended with my unit for an additional 3 months. We were two months away from kissing this desert good bye. In fact, this will bring my total time in Iraq to 15 months (5 air force deployments). We hope to return home before the holidays. I say much of the above sarcastically, but in truth if this is what I’m being asked to do- I will do it and I do it willingly. Believe me, nothing would be sweeter than to come home, but it seems like right now we’re being asked to push harder and do things greater than ever before. I’m not one to walk away from a fight, and damnit that’s what this is. Whether you trust the media sources that enter your lives or trust the soldiers that are out here winning this war, believe this…the insurgents are linked to terrorists here and we’re beating them. I’ve seen primary sources on this. All the “dumb” insurgents have been killed off over the years of fighting, these parts are left with the highly trained, well funded, and intelligent cells. So we have surged as a military to give it one last hard push. It’s breaking mens spirits, destroying families, and halting careers, but portrays devotion, men fighting for worthy causes…and as TR stated, “at the worst, if we fail, at least we fail while daring greatly…our place shall never be with those cold and timid sould who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Time to quell the storm and ride the thunder.
Another 5 and change to go- your son, Jason
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May 30, 2007 at 1:47 pm |
Flight 327, I have one question…
I have one question about Flight 327 … If the incident with 14 Syrian “musicians” was completely innocent, why was 99% of the original report redacted? What’s to hide if their intentions were so innocent? Hmmm? Airlines don’t want to
May 30, 2007 at 5:31 pm |
[...] This is an immigration problem, a Homeland Security problem, and FBI problem, and certainly a problem for the individual airlines. When, please tell me when, will we take these dry runs seriously? Just today, “An American member of al-Qaida warned President Bush on Tuesday to end U.S. involvement in all Muslim lands or face an attack worse than the Sept. 11 suicide assault, according to a new videotape.” (read it at Peace and Freedom) [...]