Re: TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 11, 2005. WHERE IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?
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American al Qaeda Member Warns of Attacks
Names Los Angeles and Melbourne as Next Targets
By BRIAN ROSS
Sep. 11, 2005 - In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqué broadcast on
ABC News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against
cities in the US and Australia.
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and
Melbourne, God willing. At this time, don't count on us
demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are
Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid
down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and
dictators."
American intelligence officials believe the man who appears on
the tape to be Adam Gadahn of Orange County, Calif. Last year,
Gadahn delivered a similar taped communiqué for al Qaeda. That
tape was later deemed authentic.
On the new tape, delivered to ABC News, Gadahn's message
contains a very pointed al Qaeda threat against Los Angeles and
Melbourne.
In response to the threats against their city, Los Angeles Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa and the city's police department released a
statement this morning. They admitted to Los Angeles being a
target of terrorism, but said there are no known, credible
threats against the city and labeled the tape an instrument of
al Qaeda propaganda.
"The statement broadcast this morning on Good Morning America
should come as no surprise to anyone. The statement was meant to
instill fear, and fear is the most important weapon the
terrorists possess."
The taped diatribe lasts 11 minutes. Like past tapes, it appears
to include the same graphics and production techniques
recognized by U.S. officials as part of al Qaeda's standard
propaganda production. In this tape, the speaker levels threats
against the U.S. and Great Britain.
"Don't believe the lies of the liars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
and 10 Downing Street," Gadahn insists. "They have dispatched
your sons and daughters to die lonely deaths in the burning
deserts of Iraq and the unforgiving mountains of Afghanistan."
Only a few years ago, Adam Gadahn was a southern California
teenager with interests in the environment and heavy metal
music.
His family says he converted to Islam at an Orange County
mosque. There, officials say Gadahn came under the influence of
militants who took him to Pakistan.
He has since emerged as an al Qaeda propaganda tool. His latest
message warns Americans an attack is imminent unless the United
States stops its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We love peace, but when the enemy violates that peace or
prevents us from achieving it, then we love nothing better than
the heat of battle, the echo of explosion, and the slitting of
the throats of the infidels," the tape says.
As for the rest of the tape, the young man attempts to dispel
any rumors or reports of bin Laden being deceased. He closes his
tape by invoking the names of the September 11th hijackers.
"Everyone of us is Mohammed Atta," he says.
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