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2008-02-07 India-Pakistan
American al-Qaeda leader also killed?
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Posted by  2008-02-07 11:13|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Insh'allah.
Posted by Seafarious 2008-02-07 11:29||   2008-02-07 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Adam Gadahn, has also been killed in the air strike by the CIA-operated unmanned drone on a house in Khushali Torikhel village near Mir Ali town.
Pity. I was hoping for something slower and more painful

I'll be happy if he died quickly - man, im such a liberal ;)
Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-07 11:50||   2008-02-07 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Dumb ass shoulda stayed in Orange County. It's much nicer there.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-07 11:53||   2008-02-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 OTOH, maybe he was into goats.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-07 11:54||   2008-02-07 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Prably, his family was into goat farming. Shoulda stayed home, he would be an happy, fulfilled man!
Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-07 12:06||   2008-02-07 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Local tribesmen, who were kept at bay by hundreds of armed militants
It was a target rich environment and we didn't take advantage of it? Sort of the like the 2 bomb technique of the terrorists....
Posted by 3dc 2008-02-07 12:12||   2008-02-07 12:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Could we be so lucky! Was kind of hoping to see this diaper dancer paraded in front of the media...
Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger  2008-02-07 12:20||   2008-02-07 12:20|| Front Page Top

#8 32-year-old Adam Gadahn, who is an American citizen belonging to southern California

-nice phrasing
Posted by Broadhead6 2008-02-07 12:33||   2008-02-07 12:33|| Front Page Top

#9 "It was over before you can say gadaaahn!"

Hope the dispatch would be confirmed.
Posted by twobyfour 2008-02-07 12:37||   2008-02-07 12:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh gee darn. There goes another source of amusement.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2008-02-07 12:46||   2008-02-07 12:46|| Front Page Top

#11 confirmation please. i've got fresh candy to pass out...
Posted by Querent 2008-02-07 12:51||   2008-02-07 12:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Adam Gadahn, who is an American citizen belonging to Southern California,

What was that joke about SoCal being the land of fruit and nuts?
Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-07 13:06||   2008-02-07 13:06|| Front Page Top

#13 "Mouthpiece", not "leader".

Sheesh. Like even the AQ fuckwits would give this loon any responsibility.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2008-02-07 13:25||   2008-02-07 13:25|| Front Page Top

#14 A nice touch of irony is that the hellfire missile that (may have) killed this traitor would have been partially funded with taxes paid by his parents.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-02-07 13:38||   2008-02-07 13:38|| Front Page Top

#15 hope his 70 virgins are all fat and bearded. Good riddance.
Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2008-02-07 14:09||   2008-02-07 14:09|| Front Page Top

#16 Elvis, how are you sure he wasn't someone else's virgin?

[insert Seinfeld line - 'not that there's anything wrong with that'.] :)
Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-07 15:17||   2008-02-07 15:17|| Front Page Top

#17 Missed a hell of an opportunity (How may is that now?) to really put a hurting on al-qaeda. CYA medals w/ white feather clusters for everyone in the chain of command including the prez.
Posted by ed 2008-02-07 15:21||   2008-02-07 15:21|| Front Page Top

#18 Elvis, how are you sure he wasn't someone else's virgin?

PMFJI, but just look at the guy. What woman could possibly resist his, er, charms.
Posted by eLarson 2008-02-07 16:34|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2008-02-07 16:34|| Front Page Top

#19 Background on this screwball (from the Wiki):

Gadahn's Jewish paternal grandfather, Carl Pearlman, was a prominent surgeon and on the Board of Directors of the Anti-Defamation League; his paternal grandmother, Agnes Branch, was an editor for The Chronicle Christian Newspaper.

Gadahn's father, originally Phil Pearlman, grew up in Orange County, California. He was involved in the counterculture movement at the University of California at Irvine, and before Adam's birth became a self-styled religious Christian. He and his wife Jennifer changed their name to Gadahan, after the Biblical warrior GidÂ’on or Gideon.

Gadahn was born in Oregon and raised and homeschooled through high school by his parents on an isolated farm in Southern California. He played Little League baseball and participated in Christian homeschool support groups. As an adolescent he became very involved in the Death metal community, making contact with fans and musicians through alternative magazines. During the summer of 1993, he formed his own one-man band called Aphasia.

Gadahn contributed music reviews and artwork to a zine called Xenocide. Sample excerpts include this from a review of Acts of the Unspeakable by the band Autopsy released on the Peaceville record label:

The Bay Area quartet crank it up to a good fast grind on many of these tunes, notably `Tortured Moans of Agony,` Battery Acid Enema`, Blackness Within` and `Skullptures` ... This is an excellent release from some Death Metal pioneers!

and for an EP released by the band General Surgery:

This is basically a Swedish `supergroup` of death, featuring members of Dismember, Afflicted and Crematory ... Lyrically, the quote on the back cover pretty much sums it up: `Murder is the only way to kill time.'

In 1995, at age 16, Gadahn moved in with his grandparents in Santa Ana, California, where he worked in a computer store and explored the Internet.
Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-07 16:37||   2008-02-07 16:37|| Front Page Top

#20 Going to have to re-name the Predator 'Dorothy' if it's going to be dropping houses on wicked witches (warlocks) of the west. Who got his curly-toed ruby slippers?
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2008-02-07 16:38||   2008-02-07 16:38|| Front Page Top

#21 Interesting information on this lunatic from the Wiki, that apparently contains information that upsets the filter, so I'll just give the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn

I guess to kook fruit doesn't fall far from the kook tree.
Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-07 16:41||   2008-02-07 16:41|| Front Page Top

#22 Gadahn's Jewish paternal grandfather, Carl Pearlman, was a prominent surgeon and on the Board of Directors of the Anti-Defamation League; his paternal grandmother, Agnes Branch, was an editor for The Chronicle Christian Newspaper.

The perils of intermarriage ;)

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-07 17:25||   2008-02-07 17:25|| Front Page Top

#23 Elvis = MOST goats are fat and bearded, so what's up? You expect, maybe, Paleostain goats? They're busy!
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2008-02-07 17:57|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2008-02-07 17:57|| Front Page Top

#24 They say intermarriage has to be handled thoughtfully, or it can lead to problems, liberalhawk. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife  2008-02-07 18:10||   2008-02-07 18:10|| Front Page Top

#25 ...I want him to have lived JUST long enough to have heard the sound of the United States Air Force reminding him that you can run, but you'll just die tired.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-02-07 19:23||   2008-02-07 19:23|| Front Page Top

#26 I guess his destiny to serve on the Berkeley City Council may not play out smoothly after all.
Posted by Lone Ranger 2008-02-07 19:36||   2008-02-07 19:36|| Front Page Top

#27 For the record, while California has been called the land of fruits and nuts, those of us from the OC (aka behind the Orange Curtain) tend to be on the "right" side of things. Think Reagan Country.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2008-02-07 20:28||   2008-02-07 20:28|| Front Page Top

#28 and those of us in San Diego County, proud home to a large part of your military say "F*ck you", Redneck Jim, to your characterization. Idiot
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-02-07 20:32||   2008-02-07 20:32|| Front Page Top

#29 They really should split Cali into two states. The northern and southern parts are so different. Berkeley, of course, should be its own planet.
Posted by SteveS 2008-02-07 20:36||   2008-02-07 20:36|| Front Page Top

#30  continued flying over the same area even after the tragic incident.

Since he's an American I hope he gets 72 Hillary look alikes.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-02-07 20:51||   2008-02-07 20:51|| Front Page Top

#31 that explains the flags flying at half-mast here in San Francisco.
Posted by Justrand 2008-02-07 20:58||   2008-02-07 20:58|| Front Page Top

#32 Good Lord Golf Bravo, that's a most hellish thought! :-)
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2008-02-07 21:46||   2008-02-07 21:46|| Front Page Top

#33 HMMMMM, HMMMMM...what doth PAULA ABDUL = MADONNA FANS remember? More importantly, what doth Paul-Madonna believeth???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-07 22:13||   2008-02-07 22:13|| Front Page Top

#34  X 72
Posted by DMFD 2008-02-07 22:20||   2008-02-07 22:20|| Front Page Top

#35 US military officials based in Afghanistan are reportedly collecting details about those killed in the attack on the house and in this regard two of their spy planes continued flying over the same area even after the tragic incident.

Did I read this right? Called this a tragic incident?
Posted by www 2008-02-07 23:24||   2008-02-07 23:24|| Front Page Top

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