Fake Al Qaeda

Update 5/31/07

clipped from www.newshounds.us

FOX News Uses Al Qaeda Tape To Whip Up Fear And Hatred Of American Muslims

Rather than analyze the seriousness of the threat or the effectiveness of the US war on terror, FOX News used a recently-released video tape from an American Al Qaeda member to foment hatred toward Muslims, particularly American Muslims. With video.

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2/16/07
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html

Fake Al Qaeda

“Ana raicha Al Qaeda” is colloquial for “I’m going to the toilet”. A very common and widespread use of the word “Al-Qaeda” in different Arab countries in the public language is for the toilet bowl. This name comes from the Arabic verb “Qa’ada” which mean “to sit”, pertinently, on the “Toilet Bowl”. In most Arabs homes there are two kinds of toilets: “Al-Qaeda” also called the “Hamam Franji” or foreign toilet, and “Hamam Arabi” or “Arab toilet” which is a hole in the ground. Lest we forget it, the potty used by small children is called “Ma Qa’adia” or “Little Qaeda”. So, if you were forming a terrorist group, would you call yourself, “The Toilet”?

The Phony (Mossad) Al Qaeda Cell in Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon … said that al-Qaeda militants were operating in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. “We know that they are there. We know that they are in Lebanon, working closely with Hezbollah. We know that they are in the region,” he said. [BBC News - 12/5/2002]

Officials from the Palestinian Authority have accused the Israeli spy agency Mossad of setting up a fake al-Qaeda terrorist cell in Gaza. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said that Israel had set up the mock cell in order to justify attacks in Palestinian areas. [BBC News - 12/8/2002] Mossad agents arrested by the PA for attempting to set up phony ‘al Qaeda’ cells in the Gaza Strip. The full story: larouchepub.com – Mossad Exposed in Phony ‘Palestinian Al-Qaeda’ Caper antiwar.com – By Way of Deception, by Justin Raimondo khilafah.com – PA uncovers Israelis posing as Al-Qaeda smh.com.au – Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda ‘poseurs’ Ha’Aretz – Ibrahim, the Shin Bet wants you to join Qaida! Of the MOSSAD, the Israeli intelligence service, the SAMS officers say: “Wildcard. Ruthless and cunning. Has capability to target U.S. forces and make it look like a Palestinian/Arab act.” [Washington Times - 9/10/2001]

Adam Yahiye Gadahn: The Fake Terrorist

Images from official FBI wanted poster for terrorist Adam Yahiye Gadahn The FBI lists Gadahn’s aliases as Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, and Yayah. But Adam Pearlmen is his REAL name! Adam is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993, much as AIPAC has been caught up in the more recent spy scandal.

Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent

ONE of al-Qaeda’s most dangerous figures has been revealed as a double agent working for MI5, raising criticism from European governments, which repeatedly called for his arrest. Britain ignored warnings – which began before the September 11 attacks – from half a dozen friendly governments about Abu Qatada’s links with terrorist groups and refused to arrest him. Intelligence chiefs hid from European allies their intention to use the cleric as a key informer against Islamic militants in Britain. … Indignant French officials accused MI5 of helping the cleric to abscond. While he remained on the run, one intelligence chief in Paris was quoted as saying: “British intelligence is saying they have no idea where he is, but we know where he is and, if we know, I’m quite sure they do.” Almost a year later Abu Qatada was found hiding in a flat not far from Scotland Yard. [Times]

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From a reader: So, 1. We have MI5 (British CIA) posing as Alqueda. “Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent”, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,,00.html 2. We have Mossad (Israel CIA) posing as ALqueda in Palestine: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2002/2949idf_qaeda.html http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j.html http://www.propagandamatrix.com/palestinians_arrest_al_qaeda_poseurs.htm http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=&contrassID=2&subContrass ID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo= http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/terrorist.html 3. We have USA posing as Alqueda: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html The FBI lists Gadahn’s aliases as Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, and Yayah. But Adam Pearlmen is his REAL name! Adam is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993, much as AIPAC has been caught up in the more recent spy scandal. 3. We have israel posing as alqueda in the phillipines. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/qaeda_philippines.html http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV.html 4. British SAS posing as Iraqi Insurgants: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/.stm The two British operatives, arrested by Basra police and later freed by a British military operation, were identified by the BBC as “members of the SAS elite special forces” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/.stm). They were disguised by wigs and Arab dress. Iraqi sources reported that the Iraqi police were watching the two, and when they tried to approach them they shot two policemen and tried to escape the scene. The Iraqi police chased and captured them, to discover large amount of explosives planted in the car, which apparently was planned to be remotely detonated in the busy market of Basra. The SAS involvement in Iraq was discovered on the 30th of January 2005 when an RAF Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad killing then British servicemen after dropping off fifty SAS members north of Baghdad to fight Iraqi guerillas. ARE YOU FUCKIN SURE YOU ARE WATCHING THE RIGHT ENEMY !!!!!!! CIA + Mossad + MI5 = AlQueada The greatest false-flag operations conducting in the history on man !!!! In case you weren’t paying attention… Vinnell bombing leader Khaled Jehani, fought for the CIA in Afghanistan, Bosnia & Chechnya Members of the Moroccan terror group Salafi Jihadi fought for the CIA in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Bosnia and Kosovo USS Cole Bomber Jamal al-Badawi fought for the CIA in Bosnia Zacarias Moussaoui fought for the CIA in Chechnya Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fought for the CIA in Afghanistan Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman fought for the CIA in Afghanistan Head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad Ayman al Zawahiri, fought for the CIA in Bosnia His brother Ayman al-Zawahiri fought for the CIA in Kosovo Abdullah Azzam, “one of the ideological founders of Hamas” fought for the CIA in Afghanistan When Osama Bin Ladin Was Tim Osman War and Globalization – The Truth Behind September 11th Zbigniew Brzezinski: “Your cause is right, God is on your side.” CIA reins in loose cannons, and keeps their Al Qaeda creation alive and well CIA “Arranged” for Passports for Al Qaeda Terrorists & Brought Them to the USA to Recruit for Jihads Will the CIA Leave Their Saudi Partners in Crime Holding the Bag? “New Al-Qaeda” like New Coke only harder to buy “The Farce Goes On – The Hunt for Ayman Zawahiri, Mohammad Omar, & Osama “Moussaoui, Khadr, & Ressam Are “Graduates” of CIA’s Khalden Camp for Afghanistan & Balkans “Jihads” Bin Laden Puppetmasters Smoked Out In Balkans The CIA arranged for HUM guerrillas to fight in Bosnia & Kosovo Bin-Ladin and KLA have a ‘joint’ cash box in the United States The CIA & Bin Laden worked hand-in-glove in KLA operations U.S. Protects Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Kosovo Wolfowitz Meets “in Private” with NLA Terrorist Ali Ahmeti America used Islamists to arm the Bosnian Muslims Bosnia, 1 degree of separation from Al-Qaeda Where was the “Concern” about “al-Qaida Operating in Iran” during the War in Bosnia? Terror mastermind with taste for high life US Has Al Qaida Backers List U.S. had agents inside al-Qaeda CIA Told “Malaysian secret police” to “Monitor” Al Qaeda Meeting on Plans to Hit WTC on The CIA’s “Operation Cyclone” – Stirring the Hornet’s Nest of Islamic Unrest” The Muslim Brotherhood: The Globalists’ Secret Weapon U.S. Armed, Promoted Accused September 11 Terrorist Mastermind CIA Bankrolled System of Madrassas & Training Camps to Brainwash “Jihad” Warriors British Press Gagged on Reporting MI6’s £100,000 bin Laden Payoff Ramzi Yousef was part of a CIA recruitment drive in New York and he did have “ties” to Bin Laden CIA Recruits Terrorist Agents At Guantanamo Oregon group thrives despite al Qaeda ties Sniper link to al Qaeda investigated Who is behind the “Terrorist Network” in Northern Iraq, Baghdad or Washington? How Al Qaeda lit the Bali fuse Did Rambo ever stop loving Osama?

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See Also:

Israeli suspected to be a member of al-Qaeda arrested in the Philippines
Is ‘Al Qaeda’ the modern incarnation of ‘Emmanuel Goldstein’?
A “Palestinian Terrorist” Wearing the Star of David
The 5 Dancing Israelis Arrested on 9/11

Tags: Adam Gadahn, Azzam the American, Foxnews.com

Fake Al Qaeda

Update 5/31/07

clipped from www.newshounds.us

FOX News Uses Al Qaeda Tape To Whip Up Fear And Hatred Of American Muslims

Rather than analyze the seriousness of the threat or the effectiveness of the US war on terror, FOX News used a recently-released video tape from an American Al Qaeda member to foment hatred toward Muslims, particularly American Muslims. With video.

—————————————————————————–
2/16/07
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html

Fake Al Qaeda

“Ana raicha Al Qaeda” is colloquial for “I’m going to the toilet”. A very common and widespread use of the word “Al-Qaeda” in different Arab countries in the public language is for the toilet bowl. This name comes from the Arabic verb “Qa’ada” which mean “to sit”, pertinently, on the “Toilet Bowl”. In most Arabs homes there are two kinds of toilets: “Al-Qaeda” also called the “Hamam Franji” or foreign toilet, and “Hamam Arabi” or “Arab toilet” which is a hole in the ground. Lest we forget it, the potty used by small children is called “Ma Qa’adia” or “Little Qaeda”. So, if you were forming a terrorist group, would you call yourself, “The Toilet”?

The Phony (Mossad) Al Qaeda Cell in Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon … said that al-Qaeda militants were operating in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. “We know that they are there. We know that they are in Lebanon, working closely with Hezbollah. We know that they are in the region,” he said. [BBC News - 12/5/2002]

Officials from the Palestinian Authority have accused the Israeli spy agency Mossad of setting up a fake al-Qaeda terrorist cell in Gaza. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said that Israel had set up the mock cell in order to justify attacks in Palestinian areas. [BBC News - 12/8/2002] Mossad agents arrested by the PA for attempting to set up phony ‘al Qaeda’ cells in the Gaza Strip. The full story: larouchepub.com – Mossad Exposed in Phony ‘Palestinian Al-Qaeda’ Caper antiwar.com – By Way of Deception, by Justin Raimondo khilafah.com – PA uncovers Israelis posing as Al-Qaeda smh.com.au – Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda ‘poseurs’ Ha’Aretz – Ibrahim, the Shin Bet wants you to join Qaida! Of the MOSSAD, the Israeli intelligence service, the SAMS officers say: “Wildcard. Ruthless and cunning. Has capability to target U.S. forces and make it look like a Palestinian/Arab act.” [Washington Times - 9/10/2001]

Adam Yahiye Gadahn: The Fake Terrorist

Images from official FBI wanted poster for terrorist Adam Yahiye Gadahn The FBI lists Gadahn’s aliases as Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, and Yayah. But Adam Pearlmen is his REAL name! Adam is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993, much as AIPAC has been caught up in the more recent spy scandal.

Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent

ONE of al-Qaeda’s most dangerous figures has been revealed as a double agent working for MI5, raising criticism from European governments, which repeatedly called for his arrest. Britain ignored warnings – which began before the September 11 attacks – from half a dozen friendly governments about Abu Qatada’s links with terrorist groups and refused to arrest him. Intelligence chiefs hid from European allies their intention to use the cleric as a key informer against Islamic militants in Britain. … Indignant French officials accused MI5 of helping the cleric to abscond. While he remained on the run, one intelligence chief in Paris was quoted as saying: “British intelligence is saying they have no idea where he is, but we know where he is and, if we know, I’m quite sure they do.” Almost a year later Abu Qatada was found hiding in a flat not far from Scotland Yard. [Times]

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From a reader: So, 1. We have MI5 (British CIA) posing as Alqueda. “Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent”, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,,00.html 2. We have Mossad (Israel CIA) posing as ALqueda in Palestine: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2002/2949idf_qaeda.html http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j.html http://www.propagandamatrix.com/palestinians_arrest_al_qaeda_poseurs.htm http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=&contrassID=2&subContrass ID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo= http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/terrorist.html 3. We have USA posing as Alqueda: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html The FBI lists Gadahn’s aliases as Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, and Yayah. But Adam Pearlmen is his REAL name! Adam is the grandson of the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993, much as AIPAC has been caught up in the more recent spy scandal. 3. We have israel posing as alqueda in the phillipines. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/qaeda_philippines.html http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV.html 4. British SAS posing as Iraqi Insurgants: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/.stm The two British operatives, arrested by Basra police and later freed by a British military operation, were identified by the BBC as “members of the SAS elite special forces” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/.stm). They were disguised by wigs and Arab dress. Iraqi sources reported that the Iraqi police were watching the two, and when they tried to approach them they shot two policemen and tried to escape the scene. The Iraqi police chased and captured them, to discover large amount of explosives planted in the car, which apparently was planned to be remotely detonated in the busy market of Basra. The SAS involvement in Iraq was discovered on the 30th of January 2005 when an RAF Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad killing then British servicemen after dropping off fifty SAS members north of Baghdad to fight Iraqi guerillas. ARE YOU FUCKIN SURE YOU ARE WATCHING THE RIGHT ENEMY !!!!!!! CIA + Mossad + MI5 = AlQueada The greatest false-flag operations conducting in the history on man !!!! In case you weren’t paying attention… Vinnell bombing leader Khaled Jehani, fought for the CIA in Afghanistan, Bosnia & Chechnya Members of the Moroccan terror group Salafi Jihadi fought for the CIA in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Bosnia and Kosovo USS Cole Bomber Jamal al-Badawi fought for the CIA in Bosnia Zacarias Moussaoui fought for the CIA in Chechnya Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fought for the CIA in Afghanistan Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman fought for the CIA in Afghanistan Head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad Ayman al Zawahiri, fought for the CIA in Bosnia His brother Ayman al-Zawahiri fought for the CIA in Kosovo Abdullah Azzam, “one of the ideological founders of Hamas” fought for the CIA in Afghanistan When Osama Bin Ladin Was Tim Osman War and Globalization – The Truth Behind September 11th Zbigniew Brzezinski: “Your cause is right, God is on your side.” CIA reins in loose cannons, and keeps their Al Qaeda creation alive and well CIA “Arranged” for Passports for Al Qaeda Terrorists & Brought Them to the USA to Recruit for Jihads Will the CIA Leave Their Saudi Partners in Crime Holding the Bag? “New Al-Qaeda” like New Coke only harder to buy “The Farce Goes On – The Hunt for Ayman Zawahiri, Mohammad Omar, & Osama “Moussaoui, Khadr, & Ressam Are “Graduates” of CIA’s Khalden Camp for Afghanistan & Balkans “Jihads” Bin Laden Puppetmasters Smoked Out In Balkans The CIA arranged for HUM guerrillas to fight in Bosnia & Kosovo Bin-Ladin and KLA have a ‘joint’ cash box in the United States The CIA & Bin Laden worked hand-in-glove in KLA operations U.S. Protects Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Kosovo Wolfowitz Meets “in Private” with NLA Terrorist Ali Ahmeti America used Islamists to arm the Bosnian Muslims Bosnia, 1 degree of separation from Al-Qaeda Where was the “Concern” about “al-Qaida Operating in Iran” during the War in Bosnia? Terror mastermind with taste for high life US Has Al Qaida Backers List U.S. had agents inside al-Qaeda CIA Told “Malaysian secret police” to “Monitor” Al Qaeda Meeting on Plans to Hit WTC on The CIA’s “Operation Cyclone” – Stirring the Hornet’s Nest of Islamic Unrest” The Muslim Brotherhood: The Globalists’ Secret Weapon U.S. Armed, Promoted Accused September 11 Terrorist Mastermind CIA Bankrolled System of Madrassas & Training Camps to Brainwash “Jihad” Warriors British Press Gagged on Reporting MI6’s £100,000 bin Laden Payoff Ramzi Yousef was part of a CIA recruitment drive in New York and he did have “ties” to Bin Laden CIA Recruits Terrorist Agents At Guantanamo Oregon group thrives despite al Qaeda ties Sniper link to al Qaeda investigated Who is behind the “Terrorist Network” in Northern Iraq, Baghdad or Washington? How Al Qaeda lit the Bali fuse Did Rambo ever stop loving Osama?

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See Also:

Israeli suspected to be a member of al-Qaeda arrested in the Philippines
Is ‘Al Qaeda’ the modern incarnation of ‘Emmanuel Goldstein’?
A “Palestinian Terrorist” Wearing the Star of David
The 5 Dancing Israelis Arrested on 9/11

Tags: Adam Gadahn, Azzam the American, Foxnews.com

FOXNews.com – Narration on Al Qaeda Video Believed to Be by American – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252358,00.html

CAIRO, Egypt — The narrator on the English version of a video posted on the Web that Al Qaeda says shows an attack on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan is believed to be American Adam Gadahn, a member of Usama bin Laden’s terror network who is on the FBI’s most wanted list, experts said Friday.

Gadahn has appeared as a spokesperson under the name Azzam the American in previous Al Qaeda videos.

SITE Institute, which tracks terrorist groups, claimed the narration on the video — which is clearly an American accent — was done by Gadahn. U.S. intelligence officials said they believed it was Gadahn’s voice, but were waiting for further analysis of the video.

Click here to view the video at SITEInstitute.org.

The video is an apparent attempt to disparage American claims of winning the war against terrorists in Afghanistan. Its release came as the United States and Britain plan to deploy more troops to the country after the worst year of insurgency-related violence since the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001.

The 24-minute video carries the logo of the Al Qaeda media company, as-Sahab, and was posted on an Islamic Web site known for hosting extremist material. It was titled ” Holocaust of the Americans in the land of Khorasan, the Islamic emirate: Capture of an American post, Arghandab .” Khorasan refers to Afghanistan.

The tape begins with the deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, ridiculing President Bush’s claim to have deprived Al Qaeda of a safe haven in Afghanistan as a “barefaced lie.”

Al-Zawahri, who speaks in Arabic with an English translation in subtitles, seems to be referring to Bush’s speech on Jan. 10 when the president said that U.S. forces “took away Al Qaeda’s safe haven in Afghanistan — and we will not allow them to re-establish it in Iraq.”

The version with the English narration shows video film of a purported attack on a military position in Arghandab, a district 100 miles northeast of the city of Kandahar.

The narrator claims that the position is “liberated” by the insurgents. The film does not show the insurgents capturing the target — a compound of mud-plastered buildings in a valley — during the nighttime battle. It only shows the insurgents walking through the compound in daylight.

“It is very likely that this base was voluntarily abandoned by coalition and Afghan forces, and that this (tape) is Al Qaeda trying to capitalize on a coalition tactical retreat,” said Evan Kohlman, an analyst at the U.S.-based globalterroralert.com.

The authenticity of the scenes shown could not be verified. When asked about the video, the district chief of Arghandab, Fazel Bari, told The Associated Press that the only recent clash in that area was last month when suspected Taliban militants ambushed a NATO and Afghan force on the road between Arghandab and Qalat.

Bari said the NATO and Afghan troops suffered no casualties, but they detained one man after the battle, which ended with the Taliban retreating.

SITE Institute said the video, which it obtained Thursday, stood out out because of its length and the fairly high production values. The institute noted that it was distributed in two versions — Arabic with English subtitles and another with an English voiceover.

The footage shows what is said to be the mujahedeen reconnoitering the target, then firing. Tracer bullets cross the night sky, fire is returned and there are explosions of what are said to be rocket-propelled grenades.

“After a fierce battle, the mujahedeen begin their retreat from the zone of operations,” the narrator says in English.

In the daytime footage, the video shows a dusty compound of single-story buildings which were once occupied by Americans soldiers. Scrawled on the walls are words such as: “Scalp Hunters,” “CPT ASHWOKTH UTAH. N6 ‘06 ETT,” and “Spc Smith Commo US Army 2006.”

ETT stands for Embedded Training Teams — the U.S. and other Western soldiers who serve as mentors to the Afghan security forces.

An empty packet of Lay’s potato chips is found. The camera focuses on the name of the Saudi manufacturer, Saudi Snack Food Co. Ltd., as the narrator says: “As is always the case in our tours of liberated bases, we find evidence that the primary financiers of this crusade are the puppet regimes of the Gulf.”

An Afghan with a white beard and black turban tells the camera that local residents suffered under the foreign “devils.”

“No one could leave his house, not even for absolutions and prayers. We couldn’t even light a lamp at night … The people are very happy about the coming of the Taliban,” he says.

The video has an element of theater. It shows a U.S. helicopter flying overhead and a fighter trying to camouflage himself under dried grass. “The reconnaissance operation is not free of danger,” the narrator says. But the fighter does not work with any urgency. He talks to the cameraman, who does not take cover himself.bill

Tags: al-Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, Azzam the American

FOXNews.com – Narration on Al Qaeda Video Believed to Be by American – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252358,00.html

CAIRO, Egypt — The narrator on the English version of a video posted on the Web that Al Qaeda says shows an attack on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan is believed to be American Adam Gadahn, a member of Usama bin Laden’s terror network who is on the FBI’s most wanted list, experts said Friday.

Gadahn has appeared as a spokesperson under the name Azzam the American in previous Al Qaeda videos.

SITE Institute, which tracks terrorist groups, claimed the narration on the video — which is clearly an American accent — was done by Gadahn. U.S. intelligence officials said they believed it was Gadahn’s voice, but were waiting for further analysis of the video.

Click here to view the video at SITEInstitute.org.

The video is an apparent attempt to disparage American claims of winning the war against terrorists in Afghanistan. Its release came as the United States and Britain plan to deploy more troops to the country after the worst year of insurgency-related violence since the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001.

The 24-minute video carries the logo of the Al Qaeda media company, as-Sahab, and was posted on an Islamic Web site known for hosting extremist material. It was titled ” Holocaust of the Americans in the land of Khorasan, the Islamic emirate: Capture of an American post, Arghandab .” Khorasan refers to Afghanistan.

The tape begins with the deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, ridiculing President Bush’s claim to have deprived Al Qaeda of a safe haven in Afghanistan as a “barefaced lie.”

Al-Zawahri, who speaks in Arabic with an English translation in subtitles, seems to be referring to Bush’s speech on Jan. 10 when the president said that U.S. forces “took away Al Qaeda’s safe haven in Afghanistan — and we will not allow them to re-establish it in Iraq.”

The version with the English narration shows video film of a purported attack on a military position in Arghandab, a district 100 miles northeast of the city of Kandahar.

The narrator claims that the position is “liberated” by the insurgents. The film does not show the insurgents capturing the target — a compound of mud-plastered buildings in a valley — during the nighttime battle. It only shows the insurgents walking through the compound in daylight.

“It is very likely that this base was voluntarily abandoned by coalition and Afghan forces, and that this (tape) is Al Qaeda trying to capitalize on a coalition tactical retreat,” said Evan Kohlman, an analyst at the U.S.-based globalterroralert.com.

The authenticity of the scenes shown could not be verified. When asked about the video, the district chief of Arghandab, Fazel Bari, told The Associated Press that the only recent clash in that area was last month when suspected Taliban militants ambushed a NATO and Afghan force on the road between Arghandab and Qalat.

Bari said the NATO and Afghan troops suffered no casualties, but they detained one man after the battle, which ended with the Taliban retreating.

SITE Institute said the video, which it obtained Thursday, stood out out because of its length and the fairly high production values. The institute noted that it was distributed in two versions — Arabic with English subtitles and another with an English voiceover.

The footage shows what is said to be the mujahedeen reconnoitering the target, then firing. Tracer bullets cross the night sky, fire is returned and there are explosions of what are said to be rocket-propelled grenades.

“After a fierce battle, the mujahedeen begin their retreat from the zone of operations,” the narrator says in English.

In the daytime footage, the video shows a dusty compound of single-story buildings which were once occupied by Americans soldiers. Scrawled on the walls are words such as: “Scalp Hunters,” “CPT ASHWOKTH UTAH. N6 ‘06 ETT,” and “Spc Smith Commo US Army 2006.”

ETT stands for Embedded Training Teams — the U.S. and other Western soldiers who serve as mentors to the Afghan security forces.

An empty packet of Lay’s potato chips is found. The camera focuses on the name of the Saudi manufacturer, Saudi Snack Food Co. Ltd., as the narrator says: “As is always the case in our tours of liberated bases, we find evidence that the primary financiers of this crusade are the puppet regimes of the Gulf.”

An Afghan with a white beard and black turban tells the camera that local residents suffered under the foreign “devils.”

“No one could leave his house, not even for absolutions and prayers. We couldn’t even light a lamp at night … The people are very happy about the coming of the Taliban,” he says.

The video has an element of theater. It shows a U.S. helicopter flying overhead and a fighter trying to camouflage himself under dried grass. “The reconnaissance operation is not free of danger,” the narrator says. But the fighter does not work with any urgency. He talks to the cameraman, who does not take cover himself.bill

Tags: al-Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, Azzam the American

Adam Gadahn

AZZAM THE AMERICAN

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070122fa_fact_khatchadourian

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Adam Gadahn

AZZAM THE AMERICAN

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070122fa_fact_khatchadourian

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Breaking: Adam Gadahn to be charged with treason

Update: 10/12 Another Day in the Empire 1 Item Updated: Thu, Oct 12 2006 6:47 PM Call In to Jack Blood’s Deadline Live By Administrator on Uncategorized A 9 minute, 30 second MP3 file of my call into Jack Blood’s Deadline Live show this afternoon on GCN. We discuss Adam Gadahn, aka Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the American, an obvious intelligence operative recently charged in absentia for treason. —————————————————————————————— Hot Air The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network

By Allahpundit on The Blog Formal announcement will come this afternoon. The first American so charged in fifty years, according to CNN. John Walker Lindh should have had that distinction but we needn’t rehash it. Updates coming as I get them. Update: The last person convicted of treason was Tomoya Kawakita, a dual Japanese-American citizen found guilty in 1952 of having tortured American POWs during WWII. Still looking to see if he was the last person charged. Update: How did a nice American boy find his way into Al Qaeda? The LA Times reports: The grandson of a Jewish doctor, the young man was raised as Adam Pearlman on a goat farm in the hills of southwestern Riverside County by parents who had eclectic religious tastes and shunned the modern world. At 14, his spiritual journey took him to the Islamic Center of Orange County, where he fell under the influence of two radical Muslims, Khalil Deek and Hisham Diab, both naturalized U.S. citizens. Diab later formed “Charity Without Borders.” Can you guess who the recipients of its “charity” were? Update: Here’s the video from CNN. Neither reporter seems to know who the hell Gadahn is, despite the fact that he’s appeared in three separate Al Qaeda videos in the past three months and was doing English-language voiceovers for them as early as 2002. Treason! Can you believe it, Tony? Treason! Comments

Tags: Adam Gadahn, Allahpundit, Another Day in the Empire, Deadline Live, GCN, Jack Blood, Kurt Nimmo

Breaking: Adam Gadahn to be charged with treason

Update: 10/12 Another Day in the Empire 1 Item Updated: Thu, Oct 12 2006 6:47 PM Call In to Jack Blood’s Deadline Live By Administrator on Uncategorized A 9 minute, 30 second MP3 file of my call into Jack Blood’s Deadline Live show this afternoon on GCN. We discuss Adam Gadahn, aka Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the American, an obvious intelligence operative recently charged in absentia for treason. —————————————————————————————— Hot Air The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network

By Allahpundit on The Blog Formal announcement will come this afternoon. The first American so charged in fifty years, according to CNN. John Walker Lindh should have had that distinction but we needn’t rehash it. Updates coming as I get them. Update: The last person convicted of treason was Tomoya Kawakita, a dual Japanese-American citizen found guilty in 1952 of having tortured American POWs during WWII. Still looking to see if he was the last person charged. Update: How did a nice American boy find his way into Al Qaeda? The LA Times reports: The grandson of a Jewish doctor, the young man was raised as Adam Pearlman on a goat farm in the hills of southwestern Riverside County by parents who had eclectic religious tastes and shunned the modern world. At 14, his spiritual journey took him to the Islamic Center of Orange County, where he fell under the influence of two radical Muslims, Khalil Deek and Hisham Diab, both naturalized U.S. citizens. Diab later formed “Charity Without Borders.” Can you guess who the recipients of its “charity” were? Update: Here’s the video from CNN. Neither reporter seems to know who the hell Gadahn is, despite the fact that he’s appeared in three separate Al Qaeda videos in the past three months and was doing English-language voiceovers for them as early as 2002. Treason! Can you believe it, Tony? Treason! Comments

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