CAIRO, June 15, 2009

American Al Qaeda: Grandpa Was A Zionist

California-Born Spokesman Discusses Jewish Heritage In Latest Message

  • Adam Gadahn tore up his American passport in a video released last year.

    Adam Gadahn tore up his American passport in a video released last year.  (As Sahab)

(AP)  Al Qaeda's American spokesman said in a message released over the weekend that his grandfather was Jewish and encouraged him to visit Israel and meet relatives there.

Adam Gadahn, who was raised in California, spent much of the 34-minute speech discussing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip late last year and calling on Palestinians to continue fighting.

"My grandfather was a Zionist and a zealous supporter of the usurper entity and a prominent member of a number of Zionist hate organizations. He used to repeat to me what he claimed are the virtues of this entity and encourage me to visit ... where relatives of ours live," Gadahn said in fluent Arabic in the recording produced by al Qaeda's media arm and posted Saturday on an Islamic Web site.

Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, was charged with treason in the U.S. in 2006 and has been wanted since 2004 by the FBI, which is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Gadahn said his grandfather gave him Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's book "A Place Among The Nations," which discusses the Arab-Iraeli dispute.

"He puts forth his feeble arguments and unmasked lies to justify the Jews' rape of Muslim Palestine," Ghadan said of the book.

Gadahn who tore up his American passport in a video released last year, said he did not respond to his grandfather's call to take Israeli citizenship "despite my young age at the time and the fact that I was not yet a Muslim ..perhaps that this is from Allah's kindness to me and His taking care of me."

Gadahn, who has appeared in several previous videos, is the first American to be charged with treason in more than 50 years and could face the death penalty if convicted. He also was indicted on a charge of providing material support to terrorists.

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by uruk91501 June 18, 2009 5:05 AM EDT
So if someone converts to Islam he is a wigga? I guess most American jews are "wiggas" too considering they do not have any Hebraic ancestry.
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by sean58z June 16, 2009 6:31 AM EDT
Adam rejected America and his Jewish heritage. He prefers advocating for OPEC and terror groups. Adam wants opportunity and political position.
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by skeezix06 June 15, 2009 5:25 PM EDT
He sounds like he hasn't gotten past his teenage rebellion years. I feel sorry for his family.
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by summarex June 15, 2009 4:49 PM EDT
Amazing!
They have sold off the country to the highest bidder and they have placed it in the service of Israel. And they have the nerve to call this guy a traitor! Up is down!
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by rafterman1 June 15, 2009 3:56 PM EDT
Looks like American Fascism to me. Because this guy converts and decides to Join a Muslim support group he is a traitor? Has he somehow damaged America with his views?
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Posted by NegatoryInhale


A "Muslim support group"? That's all al queda is? Then I guess the Nazis were just an "Aryan support group".
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by King_of_FA June 15, 2009 3:52 PM EDT
A white guy who acts like a black guy. -- Posted by rafterman1 at 12:05 PM : Jun 15, 2009

Ibelieve you mean to say he looks like a wigga but that is insulting to black folks, man.
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by didserve June 15, 2009 3:50 PM EDT
Right out of the Neocon rovian studios!

Yawn!

America was fed this garbage for 8 years enough!
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by NegatoryInhale June 15, 2009 3:35 PM EDT
Looks like American Fascism to me. Because this guy converts and decides to Join a Muslim support group he is a traitor? Has he somehow damaged America with his views?
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by rafterman1 June 15, 2009 3:05 PM EDT
You know what Adam Gadahn (and yes Adam, that is your name, not Azzam al-Amriki) reminds me of? A white guy who acts like a black guy. And just like that white guy is never going to be black, no matter how much he wishes, Adam, you are never going to be an Arab and you will never truly be accepted by your "brethren". You are just a tool to them, that is all.
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by YrSoWrong June 15, 2009 2:59 PM EDT
Earlier-on, he upset grandpa by cross-dressing. This is similar.
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by 1notrub11 June 15, 2009 2:22 PM EDT
Who cares? About him or his grandfather. Break a law, expect to go to jail (if you should ever be so stupid as to come back).
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by kobbleur June 15, 2009 1:57 PM EDT
Apparently a slow day at Al Qaeda's Marketing Department has manifested itself as this AP piece about some emo-loser from KALI-forn-YAH. It really only conveys one notion to me: being a fringe political lunatic is apparently hereditary and very possibly genetic.
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by ayatoldya June 15, 2009 1:46 PM EDT
This guy is a wannabe. Get his soft fat self alone one on one with one of those he hates and see how he changes his tune. He's can't be called a whigger, but there has to be a comparable name for his type.
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by YrSoWrong June 15, 2009 1:42 PM EDT
The kind of self-hatred we often see on the cbs blog.
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by jbalson58 June 15, 2009 1:38 PM EDT
I'll see your $` and raise you $9.
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by armyoftwelve June 15, 2009 1:27 PM EDT
I'll add $1 to the bounty on this guys head...just to say that I did my part!
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