From Al Qaeda, With Love

Filed under: Politics — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on May 30, 2007 @ 8:30 pm CEST

The AP reports:

An American member of al-Qaida warned President Bush on Tuesday to end U.S. involvement in all Muslim lands or face an attack worse than the Sept. 11 suicide assault, according to a new videotape.

Wearing a white robe and a turban, Adam Yehiye Gadahn, who also goes by the name Azzam al-Amriki, said al-Qaida would not negotiate on its demands.

“Your failure to heed our demands … means that you and your people will … experience things which will make you forget all about the horrors of September 11th, Afghanistan and Iraq and Virginia Tech,” he said in the seven-minute video.

Gadahn, who has been charged in a U.S. treason indictment with aiding al-Qaida, spoke in English and the video carried Arabic subtitles. The video appeared on a Web site often used by Islamic militants and carried the logo of al-Qaida’s media wing, as-Sahab.

He also said that “a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq alone would not satisify al-Qaida.” He also demanded “that Bush remove all U.S. military and spies from Islamic countries, free all Muslims from U.S. prisons and end support for Israel.”

You can watch the video at Yahoo News.

I watched it, and I cannot say that I am impressed. I am afraid that Gadahn was bullied a lot in high school or something: he certainly seems to suffer from a tremendous inferiority complex.

You’d almost feel bad for the guy.

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5 Comments »

  1. 1 BGG

    May 30, 2007 @ 10:04 pm CEST

    Yeah, blah blah worse than 9/11, blah death to America, blah blah our demands….blah allah told me to kill everybody…

    Seriously, I can’t wait until somebody puts a bullet in that traitor’s head. Al Qaeda’s Jane Fonda.

  2. 2 George Sorwell

    May 30, 2007 @ 11:05 pm CEST

    You might enjoy reading this, from Unqualified Offerings. Its author agrees with you, but is kind enough to offer the guy some career advice.

  3. 3 What is al-Qaeda? | The Moderate Voice

    May 31, 2007 @ 4:10 pm CEST

    […] to press their advantage on other grounds, many of which are fundamentally unacceptable.  As Michael P.F. van der Galian reports: He also said that “a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq alone would not satisify al-Qaida.” […]

  4. 4 David

    May 31, 2007 @ 5:13 pm CEST

    “Al Qaeda’s Jane Fonda.”

    Without the looks and the exercise videos…

  5. 5 Interested

    May 31, 2007 @ 5:15 pm CEST

    lmao

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