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Home Front: WoT
California Man Revealed as al Qaeda Leader
2006-07-07
Brian Ross Reports:

For the first time, a former Orange County, Calif. teenage rock music fan has revealed his role as a top al Qaeda leader.

Adam Gadahn, who disappeared from California seven years ago, appeared unmasked on an al Qaeda tape made public on the internet today. As previously reported by ABC News, the FBI had concluded that the masked man was Gadahn based on voice analysis of previous al Qaeda tapes. On today's tape, Gadahn is bearded, wearing a turban. He denounces U.S. soldiers in Iraq and their alleged murder and rapes of Iraqi citizens. "Who are the real terrorists?" Gadahn asks.

There was no immediate response from Gadahn's family, which still lives in California. They had previously denied he was the masked figure on al Qaeda tapes.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't Sonny. Musta been somebody else."
Posted by:Fred

#13  There's just something about a "sandmonkey Do-rag", an unkempt snot-catcher beard, adorable chubbiness (exuding goatherd hotness from Mom's genes)and the greasy, tapered, sensitively articulated fingers of a budding diesel bus mechanic trainee/terrorist fu*kwad; that gets me HOT!!!
Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation   2006-07-07 22:19  

#12  Just another white guy who thinks he knows best for his little brown brothers.
Posted by: Xenophon   2006-07-07 20:04  

#11  Where's the faintin couch!
Posted by: 6   2006-07-07 20:00  

#10  As we say in the wastewater treatment process, "It's a floater."

Weird. I've heard my brother-in-law, the mortician, use the same phrase.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-07-07 19:34  

#9  As we say in the wastewater treatment process, "It's a floater."
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-07-07 18:19  

#8  Arrrghhhhh - Fogerty, not Meat Loaf - confusing baseball lyrics.
Posted by: Thrineth Omineter2945   2006-07-07 18:18  

#7  "I'm ready to play" - Meat Loaf
Posted by: Thrineth Omineter2945   2006-07-07 18:16  

#6  For this wannabe to wind up as a top Al Qaeda leader means that all that is required to move up in that organizaiton is surviving. Clearly talent does not come into play.

Yeah, I think they're fielding their 10th string now.

"Put me in, Coach!"
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-07-07 18:10  

#5  For this wannabe to wind up as a top Al Qaeda leader means that all that is required to move up in that organizaiton is surviving. Clearly talent does not come into play.
Posted by: Penguin   2006-07-07 17:55  

#4  Hmm, this headline calls for images...




Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2006-07-07 17:36  

#3  If we find this guy, no capture please. Just put one right behind his ear. No showboating lawyers, no whining family, no Ramsey Clark, no human rights pimps.
Boom. Gone. Send him home in a trash bag.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-07-07 17:05  

#2  Remember li'l Adam was introduced to radical Islam on his parents' organic goat farm when the man from the mosque came by for his Eid goats...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-07-07 16:54  

#1  apparently he was a violent little punk even when he lived here - family bears watching and sterilizing
Posted by: Frank G   2006-07-07 16:53  

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