Californian loner helps bin Laden to taunt Bush

[T_i_B]

Source: Sunday Telegraph

A Californian heavy metal fan, who converted to Islam and became the first American to be charged with treason in half a century, has been fingered as the author of Osama bin Laden's latest video lecture - which left the terror chief sounding like an anti-globalisation protester.

The al-Qaeda leader's first video message for three years featured a bizarre rant against America, with references to global warming, "insane taxes", the US mortgage market meltdown and rising interest rates. American spy chiefs were quick to name Adam Gadahn, the head of al-Qaeda's English language media operations, as the author of large sections of bin Laden's broadcast.

Last October, the 28-year-old "loner" became the first American charged with treason since 1952, for appearing in a succession of al-Qaeda videos under the guise of "Azzam The American", in which he condemned globalisation and made American cultural references. He was charged in his absence, as he is thought to be near to bin Laden, almost certainly in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Gadahn, who as teenager reviewed albums for a metal music magazine, moved to Pakistan in 1998 and became an associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. In 2004, the FBI named him as one of seven al-Qaeda operatives planning attacks in the US.



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[PSPS]

1. I'm confused

This guy is charged with treason "for appearing in a succession of al-Qaeda videos under the guise of 'Azzam The American'."

But bush purposely exposes a covert WMD operative in the CIA, kills a million people "for fun and profit," and freely admits to numerous felonies. Yet he's living the good life all courtesy of the US treasury.

Is this whacked or what?

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[Ian David]

4. That explains a lot. Urologists are crazy. n/t

[Dystopian]

6. !

:wtf: :rofl:


peace~

[peacetalksforall]

5. Maybe he is CIA - hooked up with BL through someone who was

in the former partnership between CIA/military and bin Laden.

[chaz4jazz]

9. Please note your sources carefully

Bushmeat, you toss together a lot of information concerning this guy then offer your source/link making it look as tough what you say as some merit in truth. The link provided (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115452599510...) confirms only that Adam Pearlman is the son of Phil Pearlman (a musician) and the grandson "...of a prominent Jewish surgeon..."_

Your statement that he is the grandson of Carl K Pearlman is pegged to a blog response from some Billy in NY who states:

"Could this be the same Adam Pearlmen who is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman? (a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County) BTW, Carl was a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL has a history of covert activities (1993 illegal use of police data bases concerning Arab Americans and progressive organizations.)

I would be interested to know if there is any truth to this connection and, if so, could it be inferred that Adam Gadahn (ada Adam Pearlman) is not what he appears to be. A show trial orchestrated by government propagandists would be right out of Karl Rove's playbook.""

He does not offer any valued source and states "could this be?" and asks that he'd be interested to know if there's any truth to this connection..." We don't know if there is any truth to this, do we? Yet, you're willing to post it here as though it is in fact a truism. Shades of Rovian/Bush truthiness.

Also, it is Billy's statement that the ADL has been involved in covert activities (and who isn't?) but he never says they were cuaght spying on Americans for Israel. That must be your take on this. Please don't resort to "their" tactics. Thank you.

[populistdriven]

14. er... check its in the wiki, from a google search

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn
also in orange county register http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1285930.php

[Ian David]

3. That explains Bin Laden's rant against the cancelation of Firefly and Babylon 5. n/t

[Robb]

17. (spits coffee)

:rofl:

[flvegan]

7. Yet nothing in the rant about Circuit City receipt checkers...

[truthisfreedom]

8. Kinda like if bush hired a disgruntled terra-ist who had defected to the West...

We'd get confusing bush speeches filled with non-sequitor personal rants regarding some nitwit's personal agenda...

Wait a second... that could explain everything!

[bemildred]

10. "Loner"? The usual slurs on introverts.

How is this guy a loner anyway? Why are his teenage music preferences relevant? Does he listen to heavy metal in his cave now? The fact is they can't catch him and they can't shut him up, so they have to discredit him, lest we read and understand what he has to say.

[truthisfreedom]

12. How is it a "loner" "moved to Pakistan in 1998 and became an associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,

the architect of the 9/11 attacks?"

I mean really. A loner simply doesn't reach out to a terrorist group on the other side of the world and become their "press agent."

This smacks of psy-ops.

[Chovexani]

19. Dontcha know?

We're all ticking time bombs. :eyes:

[niceypoo]

11. It also looks like Bin Laden found grecian formula and got a facelift

[Peace Patriot]

13. Is this a "straight" news story? It reads like Monty Python's Flying Circus!

In fact, I'm pretty sure John Cleese is behind the whole thing. He's the guy in the fake beard. He and surviving Pythons wrote it, produced it, and plan to make lots of money off it...somehow.

These guys saved the '70s--for me anyway. Maybe they'll save the '00s for a new generation.

And Paul will do the album for them. (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Flying Dead Parrot Livers Club Band...).

Laughter is the last laugh, kids.

[populistdriven]

15. LOL! Global Security.org, Jerusalem Post, Wikipedia & Orange County Register all say its true!

http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/adam_gadahn.htm
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1285930.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525995106&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Duer 157099]

16. Great. Now Californian loners will be on the watch list. n/t

[regularguy]

18. Yeah, it'll be the "War On Loners" next.

Stop appeasing the Introverfascists!!!!