American traiter credited with helping bin Laden with video
Telegraph:
A Californian heavy metal fan, who converted to Islam and became the first American to be charged with treason in half a century, has been fingered as the author of Osama bin Laden's latest video lecture - which left the terror chief sounding like an anti-globalisation protester.
The al-Qaeda leader's first video message for three years featured a bizarre rant against America, with references to global warming, "insane taxes", the US mortgage market meltdown and rising interest rates.
American spy chiefs were quick to name Adam Gadahn, the head of al-Qaeda's English language media operations, as the author of large sections of bin Laden's broadcast.
Last October, the 28-year-old "loner" became the first American charged with treason since 1952, for appearing in a succession of al-Qaeda videos under the guise of "Azzam The American", in which he condemned globalisation and made American cultural references.
He was charged in his absence, as he is thought to be near to bin Laden, almost certainly in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
Gadahn, who as a teenager reviewed albums for a metal music magazine, moved to Pakistan in 1998 and became an associate of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. In 2004, the FBI named him as one of seven al-Qaeda operatives planning attacks in the US.
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There is much more. Apparently the rant reflects Gadahn's style and muddled thinking. It had a pseudo economics wonk character. Perhaps that is one reason why the Bush administration described the terrorist as virtually impotent.
Bin Laden has always been eager to damage the US economy to make it more difficult for the US to fight him. Thus he is interested in any indication that the economy may be weakening. The attack on the World Trade Center was aimed at an economic blow to the US. However over the last six years the US economy has handed him a major strategic defeat as it grew despite the cost of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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