Al-Qaeda urges attacks on Bush





A $1m reward has been offered for information leading to Gadahn's capture [AFP]


An American member of al-Qaeda has called on Muslim fighters to welcome George Bush, the US president, "with bombs" during his visit to the Middle East next week.

Adam Gadahn, a convert to Islam who has been indicted for treason by a US jury, made the call in a videotaped message posted on a website on Sunday.




"Welcome him not with flowers and applause but with bombs and traps," Gadahn said.

The message comes after Osama bin Laden, the group's leader, warned Muslims against supporting Iraq's US-backed government and promised the "liberation of Palestine".






The majority of the 50-minute tape attributed to Gadahn is in English, although the call to attack the US president is made in Arabic.

"I send this urgent call to our brothers the Mujihidin, mainly in Palestine and the Arabian Peninsula, and in the region in general, to be ready to welcome the crusader, the butcher Bush," he said, according to a translation.

Bush visit

Bush is due to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, the first US president to visit the state in nine years, in an attempt to encourage the peace negotiation renewed at a conference in Annapolis last year.

He is also due to visit the West Bank and five Arab states.


"The jihad against you will remain our duty as long as there remains even one Muslim in American captivity"

Adam Gadahn, American al-Qaeda member
Gadahn's message strongly criticises Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president, and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah who will welcome Bush to their countries as part of the eight-day tour of the region.

It also contained an attack on Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, for his support of the United States.

Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the American, said that the "jihad" against the US would continue until it released Muslims from its jails.

In the video he took his US passport from his breast pocket and showed its pages to the camera before ripping it up in protest at the treatment of Muslim detainees.

"The jihad against you will remain our duty as long as there remains even one Muslim in American captivity," he said.

"That is why it is incumbent upon you [the American people] to take the steps necessary to force the regime in Washington to free each and every one of them, wherever they are and whatever their supposed crime."

Treason charges

In October 2006, California-born Gadahn became the first person to be charged in the US with treason since the second world war.

The charge carries a minimum of five years in prison on conviction and a maximum penalty of death.

He is believed to be living in Pakistan and a $1m reward has been offered for his capture. He appears, along with Osama bin Laden on a US "wanted" poster featuring 26 "faces of global terrorism".

Gadahn converted to Islam from a Jewish-Christian family when he was 17 and a few years later moved to Pakistan.

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My US Cousins...

If you ever wanted to see the face of a traitor, click on the link

http://article.wn.com/view/2008/01/0...tacks_on_Bush/

Have alook at his quote below;......

"The jihad against you will remain our duty as long as there remains even one Muslim in American captivity"

Adam Gadahn, American al-Qaeda member

Hes a disgrace as an American and a human being!!... Well we dont have to think about what side hes on if we ever meet him!!!!!.....

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at least it is still a capital crime. draw and quarter sounds about right.

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...couldnt agree more!!!...

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Traitor or Treason is irrelevent. WE already know the enemy is amongst us and recognises no national flag. At least this idiot is stupid enough to say here I am......... its the ones that keep quiet and wait for their moment that I fear!

Amen Brother Texas!!

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I dont think its irrelevant, this guy is not amongst us any more, its ****ing on like Osama Bin Ladan from the Middle East.... he cant be still in America and hope to be fully intact with stuff like that??.. A traitor is a Sub Human being and should be treated as such... especially when caught!!...


Couldnt agree more, they are the ones we all need to keep an eye out for... and always have that confidence of doing what you always do without fear, let them know your country is not just an "Army" that is trained, its Bankers/Accountants/Bakers/Farmers/Electricians...... etc/etc.... all doing their own jobs, living their own lives and always willing and ready to stand against Terror and do what it takes to remain free.... Then my friend the "silent" enemy will shudder at the thoughts of battle... ever seen a bunch of pissed off Irishmen???.... not a pritty sight!!......

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Its old terminology being used to describe a war we have never fought before. A bit like George using the word Crusade. Can you remember a war fought by religeous nuts flying planes into buildings, or blowing themselves up strapped up with explosives, cos I can't.


I think our politicians are doing a crass job in informing the masses. Most people haven't got a clue why we are in Afghanistan or Iraq, they just can't grasp it and don't relate internal security to the Taliban thousands of miles away..........

The format of this war is new and unusual in the sense of its religous element mixed with Terror and Geurilla Tactics.... However, we have stood against the desperate undertakings of the masses being manipulated and Planes flying into ships in the name of a higher powers... *** Kamakase attacks being point of reference... The format is new for sure, but the elements that make it up are old...

Yes, fully agree, and the sooner the UK goverment educates its people as to the threat of the Taliban and AlQuada, the more educated British People especially British Muslims will become..... cos at the moment, their information source is the Imans in the Mosques... if hes balanced and moderate, should be ok, if hes radical as allot are, well its a Terrorist recruiting wetdream...

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Good point!


. Its not just a UK problem. Its an American one as well.