This Adam Gadahn fellow appears to have a convoluted early life

[NNN0LHI]

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

Background and childhood

Gadahn's Jewish paternal grandfather, Carl Pearlman, was a prominent urologist; according to Gadahn, he was a "zealous supporter" of Israel. Gadahn's 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 Christian. He and his wife Jennifer changed their name to Gadahn, after the Biblical warrior 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.

In 1995, at age 16, Gadahn moved in with his grandparents in the Floral Park neighborhood of Santa Ana, California, where he worked in a computer store and explored the Internet.

[tekisui]

1. He was supposedly the head of the media winf of AQ.

He wasn't very good at his job, though. No one even mentions AQ anymore. It is all Taliban, now.

[Enrique]

2. his parents were Jews that converted to Jesus Freaks?

and he became a Muslim terrorist?

Athiesm is so much simpler, more people should try it.

[etherealtruth]

10. My Iraqi immigrant neighbors ...

... converted to Jehovah's Witnesses. How the hell does this happen?

[frazzled]

3. Amazing what damage a loser like that can end up doing

Confused kid involved with death metal, home-schooled (i.e., non-socialized) ... it would have been better if he'd tried to explore more constructive pathways to success and fame. Oh well.

[Submariner]

4. When he meets Bubba at Leavenworth Prison I expect he will learn

a whole new meaning of being convoluted. Adam will have life without parole to experience his new convolution.

[Dave From Canada]

5. He should be hanged for treason! n/t

[Hannah Bell]

6. grandpa carl reportedly on the board of the jewish defense league.

father phil in 60s cali music/cult scene:



http://www.greatgodpan.com/2006/03/

[cali]

7. whoa. do you have a link for that? If true, looks like hooking up with

terrorists runs in the family.

[Hannah Bell]

8. nope. it's from conspiracy sites, some of whom cite haaretz 2005. i haven't

been able to run that down as fact, which is why i wrote "reportedly".

[AnnieBW]

9. This is what happens when Fundies home-school their kids

They turn into little traitorous terrorists.

[la la]

11. Our Local Paper

( actually sickeningly libertarian/right wing! )

just reported this and mentioned in the story- their series on Gadahn- which i read, and was very telling and interesting...

http://www.ocregister.com/news/gadahn-237969-pearlman-county.html