AP: American in Terror Video Not High Ranked

[Eugene]

American in Terror Video Not High Ranked

By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Sunday, September 3, 2006; 4:19 PM

WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators do not believe an American convert to al-Qaida
who appeared in a propaganda video is a high-ranking member of the terrorist group,
and they doubt his efforts to promote the organization are having much effect.

Adam Yehiye Gadahn, whom the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan,
has appeared on several long and rambling al-Qaida videos at strategically chosen moments
such as before the 2004 election and on the first anniversary of the July 7, 2005, London
bombings.

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"Al-Qaida has sought to use Gadahn as a propaganda tool," FBI spokesman John Miller said
Sunday. "The purpose is to have someone who can translate al-Qaida's message into English
and deliver it to a Western audience. It's part of their 'psy-ops.'"

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"The obvious advantage (of his appearances) is it makes headlines in the West. ... He is
an asset to them, definitely," said Thomas Hegghammer, a research fellow at the Norwegian
Defense Research Establishment who studies jihadi Internet sites and videos.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300422.html

In short, Adam Gadahn is a low level translator turned media front man.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Just like the Republicans

This gadahn-schmuck is grandstanding and bloviating.

seems all fundies share this obnoxious trait

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Wasn't he a fundie Christian before he became a fundie Muslim?