The FBI has appealed to the public to help identify a man who appeared on a video threatening to attack the US. The man, who used the alias Azzam the American, was shown on US TV network ABC last week with his face bravely covered. He claimed to belong to al-Qaeda. The FBI has put a statement on its website asking for help to find the "self-proclaimed American jihadist".
"We hope you might recognise him from his voice, his body language, or the style and content of his speech." The FBI has put clips from the man's video interview on its website, alongside transcripts of his message. The suspect, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, speaks English with a trace of a foreign accent as he threatens a new wave of terrorism in the US. In what he calls his message to America, he refers to President George W Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell. "My fellow countrymen you are guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty," he says. "You are as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell. After decades of American tyranny and oppression, now it's your turn to die. Allah willing, the streets of America will run red with blood matching drop for drop the blood of America's victims."
He appears on tape with a black-and-white Arab headscarf covering his face, holding a rifle and wearing a vest with ammunition pouches. The FBI said the man might have left the US but hopes someone may be able to identify or locate him. |