Gadahn update #2
Now CBS news is claiming that Adam Gadahn was not picked up by Pakistan intelligence agents. They are reporting that a top level Taliban official known as Abu Yahya, not Gadahn. Reportedly Yahya was born in Pennsylvania, making him an American, hence the confusion. Guess we will have to see how this plays out because some news outlets are still reporting it as Gadahn.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Gadahn update
Ed Morrissey at Hot Air and Rick Moran from Right Wing Nut House point out that the US does not have an extradition treaty with Pakistan and unless Adam Gadahn is in US custody we may not get to try him on treason. Of course, if Pakistani intelligence forces are "working" with Mr. Gadahn he may want to be turned over to the US and the more gentle auspices of Obama! But if Gadahn is as truly annoying as media reports say, al Qaeda may have turned him over because they were tired of him, then maybe he should stay with the Pakistanis. Either way it is suspicious that Pakistan intelligence agents were able to pick him up fairly easily in light of the rumors of the close ties between Pakistan intelligence and the Taliban.
Ed Morrissey at Hot Air and Rick Moran from Right Wing Nut House point out that the US does not have an extradition treaty with Pakistan and unless Adam Gadahn is in US custody we may not get to try him on treason. Of course, if Pakistani intelligence forces are "working" with Mr. Gadahn he may want to be turned over to the US and the more gentle auspices of Obama! But if Gadahn is as truly annoying as media reports say, al Qaeda may have turned him over because they were tired of him, then maybe he should stay with the Pakistanis. Either way it is suspicious that Pakistan intelligence agents were able to pick him up fairly easily in light of the rumors of the close ties between Pakistan intelligence and the Taliban.
One for the good guys!
Adam Gadahn the American born al Qaeda spokesman has been captured in Pakistan. Gadahn, also known as "Azzam the American," had just released a new al Qaeda video calling on all "honest and vigilant Muslims" to go on shooting sprees against Americans a la Nidal Hasan at Ft. Hood. Gadahn had a million dollar bounty on his head and has long been on Washington's most wanted list. He is the first American charged with treason since WWII.
Gadhan was born to a Jewish family and his father converted to Christianity shortly before birth and changed the family name from Pearlman to Gadhan while they were living in Oregon. The media is reporting that Gadhan was homeschooled in southern California while living on a goat farm and converted to Islam when he was 17. He went to Pakistan in 1998 to study Islam and tt was after 9/11 that Gadhan joined al Qaeda and went for proper terrorist training at camps in Afghanistan.
Adam Gadahn the American born al Qaeda spokesman has been captured in Pakistan. Gadahn, also known as "Azzam the American," had just released a new al Qaeda video calling on all "honest and vigilant Muslims" to go on shooting sprees against Americans a la Nidal Hasan at Ft. Hood. Gadahn had a million dollar bounty on his head and has long been on Washington's most wanted list. He is the first American charged with treason since WWII.
Gadhan was born to a Jewish family and his father converted to Christianity shortly before birth and changed the family name from Pearlman to Gadhan while they were living in Oregon. The media is reporting that Gadhan was homeschooled in southern California while living on a goat farm and converted to Islam when he was 17. He went to Pakistan in 1998 to study Islam and tt was after 9/11 that Gadhan joined al Qaeda and went for proper terrorist training at camps in Afghanistan.
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