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California Man Revealed as al Qaeda Leader
July 07, 2006 1:39 PM
For the first time, a former Orange County, Calif. teenage rock music fan has revealed his role as a top al Qaeda leader.
Adam Gadahn, who disappeared from California seven years ago, appeared unmasked on an al Qaeda tape made public on the internet today.
As previously reported by ABC News, the FBI had concluded that the masked man was Gadahn based on voice analysis of previous al Qaeda tapes. On today's tape, Gadahn is bearded, wearing a turban.
He denounces U.S. soldiers in Iraq and their alleged murder and rapes of Iraqi citizens.
"Who are the real terrorists?" Gadahn asks.
When referring to the alleged atrocities committed by U.S. Marines in Iraq, Gadahn also says, "It's hard to imagine that any compassionate person could see pictures...and not want to go on a shooting spree at the Marines' housing facilities at Camp Pendleton."
Camp Pendleton is located just south of where Gadahn grew up in California.
There was no immediate response from Gadahn's family, which still lives in California. They had previously denied he was the masked figure on al Qaeda tapes.
July 7, 2006 in American Al Qaeda | Permalink | User Comments (1055)
Of course, he is from Orange County. Of course. Probably some spoiled brat who got everything he wanted and he chose to be a terrorist. Well maybe now they will take real housewives of Orange County off the air so we dont have to se the posh lifestyle they have.
Posted by: Kiley | Jul 7, 2006 2:03:57 PM
This guy is an absolute fool. He is mentally ill and should be brought back to the US to be given medical treatment rather than be used as a pawn by radical Islamic fundamentalists who are only interested in him because of his citizenship.
Posted by: Cassandra | Jul 7, 2006 2:05:50 PM
we need to find this varmint, make an example out of him and blast him to bits. that is the least we can do for this traitor
Posted by: homelandAR15 | Jul 7, 2006 2:22:45 PM
>> "Who are the real terrorists?" Gadahn asks
Sounds a lot like Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin.
Posted by: bigbarry2u | Jul 7, 2006 2:25:43 PM
He sounds JUST like Cindy Sheehan, John Kerry and John Murtha.
He's quite sane by Democrat standards...
Posted by: Randy | Jul 7, 2006 2:26:18 PM
Just shoot him!
Posted by: bill | Jul 7, 2006 2:26:20 PM
he is like bozo the clown with that silly looking beard n turban. probably smoked a few to many chronic leaves and let the devil infiltrate his warped mind.
Posted by: Jeff Pimple | Jul 7, 2006 2:26:39 PM
He is a traitor. If caught he should be stood up against a wall and shot.
Posted by: Bill | Jul 7, 2006 2:26:44 PM
Is treason still a crime?
Posted by: Jackson | Jul 7, 2006 2:26:47 PM
umm. actually they need to bring him back and string him up. there is no need for medical attention. also kiley, if you dont like a show thats on TV then you have the right to change the channel. only the taliban would demand it be removed from the air all together.
Posted by: Ned Flanders | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:18 PM
Just another guy for a US Mil Sniper to center in his cross-hairs and squeeze on.
Posted by: Chris | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:22 PM
This guy is a whacko with very little to recommend him yet he is there on the tape as a major Al Queda player. It shows how lame the talent pool in Al Queda is. If we ever get this guy he should be charged with treason and hung.
Posted by: Dean Ayer | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:29 PM
Agree and disagree. Yes, a spoiled, rich kid who probably thought it was "cool" to be Muslim. Now he's distorted the Koran's teachings like all the other misguided radicals have and made a mockery of Islam. No. I'm not a Muslim. Rather than "treatment" for mental illniss, however, a little jail time would be great for his jerk.
Posted by: John | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:36 PM
I bet that beard really itches.
Posted by: Mike | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:43 PM
If people from America are joining Al Queda you know something has to be changed.
Posted by: Neil | Jul 7, 2006 2:28:50 PM
Medical treatment?
Body bag.
Posted by: Wrath of Hashem | Jul 7, 2006 2:29:04 PM
I bet his parents are liberal Democrats.
Posted by: joe | Jul 7, 2006 2:29:50 PM
This guy is just begging to become a speedbump. Give him his wish.
Posted by: Hector | Jul 7, 2006 2:30:26 PM
I guess this proves the theory that the true cause of terrorism is poverty which is inflicted onto the world by the evil United States....
I think the Berkeley city council should present him with the keys to the city for his devotion to ending the war in Iraq.
Posted by: geoff | Jul 7, 2006 2:31:03 PM
Simple solution for this waste of skin: deliver two laser-guided 500lb. "beard removal devices" directly onto his head as we did to Zarquari. Wrap what's left of him in a bacon suit and let the vultures have a light snack.....end of story.
Posted by: Mark | Jul 7, 2006 2:31:59 PM
Hey Cassandra, why should we give him medical treatment? The only thing we ought to give him is the chair. Weed out the idiots - let Darwinism work.
Posted by: jaz | Jul 7, 2006 2:32:15 PM
Who cares where he's from, he should be shot or bombed like all the rest of the terrorists. At least he's not in the country he hates so much.
Posted by: Steve | Jul 7, 2006 2:32:42 PM
he should be treated like the rest of the extremists, with a bullet between his eyes
Posted by: joe | Jul 7, 2006 2:32:50 PM
His family denied he was theirs, but can no longer. So was their denial one from shame and remorse (is the son now disowned), or just to cover their own Islamofascism?
Posted by: Lyn | Jul 7, 2006 2:32:52 PM
Isn't this considered treason? Just curious.......
Posted by: Christie | Jul 7, 2006 2:33:37 PM
Funny, that doesn't look like a cave he's living in. These guys are not living in tents and caves.
Posted by: Albert Kohl | Jul 7, 2006 2:33:49 PM
Orange County..??? too much Disney-dope and bad music......
When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you
If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star as dreamers do
Posted by: Roland | Jul 7, 2006 2:33:56 PM
Yep, he must be medically ill. He bears no personal responsibility for his choices or actions whatsoever. And since we've established he is "ill" and not the enemy he obviously can't be put up against a wall and shot for treason.
He isn't mentally ill, he's the enemy. He's not a pawn, he's running al qaeda's propaganda wing.
Posted by: jeff | Jul 7, 2006 2:34:23 PM
He should be hunted down and capped. Treason during war is a capital crime with a deth sentence.
Posted by: Col Klink | Jul 7, 2006 2:34:24 PM
If the US is so bad, stay gone.
Posted by: Beth | Jul 7, 2006 2:34:49 PM
Does anybody really believe he's a "leader?" Based on his jihad experience in the OC? A willing propaganda pawn is all he is. Laughable at best!
Posted by: Kenstee | Jul 7, 2006 2:34:53 PM
hope he is in the next house that gets blown up
Posted by: Bill | Jul 7, 2006 2:35:24 PM
He is a terrorist. He does not need treatment, he needs to die like the rest of the terrorists.
Posted by: MJ | Jul 7, 2006 2:35:29 PM
Life is all about choices. This guy should have thought about the best possible choice to make as a teenager in Orange County. After he takes a permanent dirt nap thanks to the US Military, he won't have the chance to think about his poor choice making skills. Right now he should be thinking about the affect his choices are going to make on his family. What a selfish individual.
Posted by: Craig | Jul 7, 2006 2:35:59 PM
Cassandra - Are you Nuts? Why would we want him back?
Leave him where he is so we can drop a bomb on him.
james
Posted by: James | Jul 7, 2006 2:36:04 PM
medical treatment? no way... the man needs to be put on trial and if convicted put to death for treason. there is nothing that medical or mental treatment will redeem in this fool. he is worthless.
Posted by: jd | Jul 7, 2006 2:36:30 PM
What a goober. How pathetic is al Qaeda? Parents; this is what happens when dont discipline your children. I'd smack this punk into next week with one stroke. Loser.
Posted by: Bunboy | Jul 7, 2006 2:36:38 PM
Who really cares any more? I am soooo sick of hearing about "terrorism," "Iraq," "Islam," etc. that I have begun to simply tune it all out. I suspect that the majority of America feels the same way.
Posted by: Average Citizen | Jul 7, 2006 2:37:02 PM
like, wow man, hope he finds in his destiny, a five hundred pound bomb.
for sure.
Posted by: rt | Jul 7, 2006 2:37:25 PM
This guy needs to be put in Prison where we put the other terrorist....America either love it or leave it!
Posted by: Barry | Jul 7, 2006 2:37:34 PM
Medical treatment? no way... the man need to be put on trial and if convicted put to death for treason. there is nothing that medical or mental treatment can redeem in this fool. he is worthless.
Posted by: jd | Jul 7, 2006 2:38:53 PM
How exactly was the conclusion reached that Gadahn is a "Top Al Qaeda leader" and not just a pawn for propaganda because of his citizenship and willingness towards publicity?
Posted by: daveb | Jul 7, 2006 2:40:10 PM
This man has aligned himself with a terrorist organization and at this time he should be considered a traitor to his country and wanted for treason. He should also rise to the top of the charts for wanted terrorists. He is a disgrace to our country and is as disgusting as Cindy Sheehan.
Posted by: Jeff | Jul 7, 2006 2:40:39 PM
Wow. We have terrorism stories coming at us from all directions right now. The midterm elections are coming up and the incessant fearmongering is underway. Americans are easily brainwashed, but hopefully we won't fall for this propaganda any longer.
Posted by: Lyle | Jul 7, 2006 2:40:55 PM
OR, just hunt him down and shoot him!
Posted by: mack | Jul 7, 2006 2:41:10 PM
To Kiley, I dont understand the correlation that you are making between 'spoiled brat' and living in the OC to becoming a terrorist. If you think that everyone that lives in Orange County is rich, then you are ignorant. Orange County is the biggest county in America, and although it does include such nice places as Newport Beach and other nice beaches, those only make up a small percentage of the County's population. Most the population comes from Westminister and Garden Grove etc... which are all Middle Class cities. So please Kiley, know your facts before you make bogus assumptions and correlations next time.
Posted by: Nate | Jul 7, 2006 2:41:17 PM
There is truely only one response to tihs.
Flatten Iran IRAQ and Afganistan.
A few dozen MIRV warheads should do!
Posted by: Tom Bomb | Jul 7, 2006 2:41:24 PM
No Cassandra, he's what we call a TRAITOR. He should be brought back to the States and summarily shot!
Posted by: Chuck | Jul 7, 2006 2:41:34 PM
You get what you ask for. Do you see now what all the anti-American propoganda gets you?
This is just one extreme example of what is being done to the culture everyday.
Posted by: Mr. Right | Jul 7, 2006 2:42:32 PM
Would probably vote Democrat if he wasn't hiding out in the middle east.
Posted by: Bob Illinois | Jul 7, 2006 2:43:15 PM
he should have his throat cut.
Posted by: jackal | Jul 7, 2006 2:43:29 PM
Medically ill or not, he is now an enemy of the United States and if he keeps it up, I would not be surprised if he finds one of our 500 pound bombs coming to a space that he occupies real soon!
Posted by: David Giovenco | Jul 7, 2006 2:43:36 PM
I wonder if the outcome would have been different had he been a country music fan instead?
Posted by: rojo | Jul 7, 2006 2:43:36 PM
Kiley,
What an insult to people from Orange County California. Not everyone here in Orange County is a rich and spoiled kid. Actualy if I remember he came for a lower middle class family. He was not some spoiled rich kid. Not everyone in Orange County is like the Real Housewives of Orange County. Many of us work hard for a living. As for what should happen to this guy, I hope we just drop a MOAB on him and call it a day.
Posted by: Gary Whitlock | Jul 7, 2006 2:44:02 PM
What a testament to the American Dream. Watch out Yuri Orlov, here comes the new Lord of War, a boy, from one of the richest regions in the country who against all odds, conquered his dream to become a top Al Queda agent. He could have been a lawyer, a doctor, a famous rock star, but with persistence, dedication and a little brain washing, he made it to the top of the terrorist world. What an inspiration to today's youth.
Posted by: Sage | Jul 7, 2006 2:44:14 PM
"He is mentally ill and should be brought back to the US to be given medical treatment"
Nope, not one dime on medical treatment. I'd rather spend $25 for a cheap rope.
Posted by: NC3 | Jul 7, 2006 2:44:42 PM
What's his name? Write that down. We'll need to take him out as well...
Posted by: Adam | Jul 7, 2006 2:45:34 PM
I wonder if the outcome would have been different had he been a country music fan instead?
Posted by: rojo | Jul 7, 2006 2:45:42 PM
Hunt him down and kill him.
Posted by: Brian | Jul 7, 2006 2:46:25 PM
Give him a scholarship to Yale
Posted by: John Hudson | Jul 7, 2006 2:46:30 PM
Is there anyone that is surprised that another "Johnny Jihad" has arisen from the state of California? Parental failure to discipline children and allow them to "express themselves" instead of teaching right from wrong and respect for the rights of others results in such misguided adults.
Posted by: Scott | Jul 7, 2006 2:46:31 PM
Medical treatment? Of course you must be referring to the injections provided by the staff at San Quentin...
Posted by: Dave | Jul 7, 2006 2:46:45 PM
"He is mentally ill and should be brought back to the US to be given medical treatment".... He should be brought back and hung like the vermin he is!!
Posted by: hophead | Jul 7, 2006 2:47:50 PM
I agree with Cassandra...he should receive medical treatment...a bullet to the head. He is now a traitor and should be treated like one. Strip him of his citizenship and let him live among the animals for the rest of his life.
Posted by: Roger | Jul 7, 2006 2:49:05 PM
At least he's not from MARIN County!
Posted by: Bob | Jul 7, 2006 2:49:11 PM
Interesting. Nostradamus predicted that WWII would be started by a man wearing a blue turbin.
Posted by: Ed | Jul 7, 2006 2:49:27 PM
Gadahn's world-view does not differ substantially from the world-views of Howard Dean, Cindy Sheehan or most college profs. Gadahn just wears a turban when he spews his fascism.
Posted by: Scott | Jul 7, 2006 2:50:46 PM
What else would anyone expect as a finished product of GOALS 2000?
Posted by: Michael | Jul 7, 2006 2:50:54 PM
More proof that this insidious Rock And / Or Roll destroys lives!
Posted by: Ross Sewage | Jul 7, 2006 2:51:10 PM
It's much cheaper just to shoot him.
Posted by: Jack | Jul 7, 2006 2:51:35 PM
His "fifteen minutes of fame" will soon be over. If he is in fact a leader, it doesn't speak well for al Queda's selection process.
Posted by: David kaufman | Jul 7, 2006 2:52:34 PM
In my knee-jerk disgust with this guy, I'm having a hard time. I'm trying to imagine what sort of psychological trauma could have done this. But I'm with Kiley. Only the truly clueless, spiled and liberally educated like "American Taliban," could possibly do anything this reprehensible.
Posted by: Brad | Jul 7, 2006 2:52:35 PM
This guy is an absolute fool. He is mentally ill and should be brought back to the US to be given medical treatment and exectuted for treason rather than be used as a pawn by radical Islamic fundamentalists who are only interested in him because of his citizenship
Posted by: Eggman | Jul 7, 2006 2:52:38 PM
Nothing good comes out of the O.C.
Posted by: jeff | Jul 7, 2006 2:52:44 PM
Cassandra aren't all terrorists mentally ill? There is only one treatment for people that have evil running through their veins and that is a bullet in the head.
Posted by: steve | Jul 7, 2006 2:52:59 PM
Easy fix here, .338 Lapua Magnum--head shot--800 yards
Posted by: john | Jul 7, 2006 2:53:30 PM
Oh goodie. We've met the enemy and he is us.
Posted by: Michele | Jul 7, 2006 2:53:43 PM
Oh Please. Post more comments from the family - like he was an honors student, led astray by bad company, simply experimenting, really a good boy. You know, the usual nonapologetic excuses by relatives who think that precious can do no wrong.
Posted by: Brian Cochran | Jul 7, 2006 2:55:26 PM
Let's call these guys what they are. Terrorism is their tactic, not who they are. They are Islamo- Fascists who believe the only good non-Muslim is a dead one. This is a battle between good and evil. We can never negotiate with evildoers. We can never capitulate to evildoers. Let's help them become martyrs as quickly as possible.
Posted by: Terry | Jul 7, 2006 2:55:36 PM
We are interested in him because he is a TERRORIST. Mental treatment please. A bullet would be more appropriate.
Posted by: Peter | Jul 7, 2006 2:56:12 PM
I'm not sure how him being from California in any way led to him becoming a terrorist, however what he needs is to get the people under his "leadership" to begin negotiations for peace, or face the business end of the US Military and the Iraqi Police. And to answer your question Adam, you are the real terrorist. You are pathetic, and you've surely disgraced your family, the United States and the state of California. You disgust me.
Posted by: Rob | Jul 7, 2006 2:57:20 PM
He's an idiot, but a dangerous idiot! That's fine, we'll just have to kill him too!
Posted by: Frank | Jul 7, 2006 2:58:54 PM
I hope the send him to Club Gitmo or drop a bomb on his head.
Posted by: Bernie | Jul 7, 2006 2:59:57 PM
I see you 2 have established your turf on the far right and far left.
Posted by: Bob | Jul 7, 2006 3:00:05 PM
Not only is he from Orange County, he is a registered Democrat. His work in Iraq is tied to the Democrat's liberal agenda of creating lower moral and ethical standards. He ought to be terminated.
Posted by: George | Jul 7, 2006 3:00:24 PM
Cassandra is another of the apoligist crew who needs to wake up and face reality.
He may or may not be mentally ill, but he's an adult who certainly seems very capable of making his own choices.
He lives by the sword, and will die by the sword.
Posted by: Dick Jackmaan | Jul 7, 2006 3:01:03 PM
hmmmm...i wonder if howard dean has approached him yet? he seems to have the dnc talking points down to a t.
Posted by: richard | Jul 7, 2006 3:01:50 PM
Since he's from Orange County, I'm sure his parents are very supportive of his right to be an America hating terrorist.
Posted by: Kevin | Jul 7, 2006 3:02:50 PM
Just another liberal kid raised in an anti-christian, anti-patriotism neighborhood of my home state of California. BUT the real question: Is he doing this because he really believes in Islam, or does his years of in-school anti-American rhetoric make him do this simply out of spite for his home country?
I'd love to ask him: Do you think women should show no more than their ankles in public? Do you think they should not be allowed to drive? Do you think women who cheat on their husbands should be stoned to death? I'm sure his mother is proud.
Posted by: J.D. | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:01 PM
He should be brought back in a body bag
Posted by: Burt | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:09 PM
Too late - he has sold his soul to the devil. He cant be re-habed just let him rant. Don't waste time or money on him.
If he says he is an American nobody will believe him and most will see him as a traitor.
He may be purported to be a leader, so what! They have a new one every 15 mins.
Eventually someone will plug him or he will blow himself up.
Posted by: Ed | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:23 PM
This is a joke, right?
Posted by: devilbush | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:31 PM
This man should be taken out with the rest of the terrorist's and killed in the same manner in which they kill. If we instituted stoning as in the bible things would be alot different today. Instead we sugar coat peoples actions with some sort of disease. It is sin. Deal with it like God says to.
Posted by: Matt | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:37 PM
Gadahn's views on America's armed forces do not differ substantially form those of Howard Dean or Cindy Sheehan or most college profs.
Posted by: Scott | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:41 PM
Yeah. Al Queada is real interested in getting him some therapy. I'm sure they'll get right on that after they finish killing homosexuals, women who read, and anyone that watches a soccer game.
Posted by: chris | Jul 7, 2006 3:03:46 PM
Gadahn's views on America's armed forces do not differ substantially form those of Howard Dean or Cindy Sheehan or most college profs.
Posted by: Scott | Jul 7, 2006 3:04:10 PM
Let's hope this moron goes off to "paradise" along with his buddies courtesy of a well-aimed neutron bomb.
