• Scum,  Terrorists

    Al Qaeda Watch: Adam Yehiye Gadahn – “Join the Winning Side” Before it is Too Late

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    A man identified as Adam Yehiye Gadahn, an American who the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan and served as an al-Qaida translator, speaks during part of a 41-minute video posted on an Islamic militant Web site Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 – nine days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Gadahn is also known as “Azzam the American.” The video also showed Al-Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri.

    AP: American Appears in New al-Qaida Tape

    An American thought to be an al-Qaida activist appeared in a videotape with the terror group’s deputy leader Saturday and called on his countrymen to convert to Islam and for U.S. soldiers to switch sides in the Iraq and Afghan wars.

    The 48-minute video, posted on an Islamic militant Web site, had footage of al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, and of Adam Yehiye Gadahn, a 28-year-old American who the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan and served as an al-Qaida translator.

    It was the second time Gadahn appeared in the same video with al-Zawahri. In a July 7 video marking the one-year anniversary of the terror attack on London commuters, Gadahn appeared briefly, saying no Muslim should “shed tears” for Westerners killed by al-Qaida attacks.

    Remember SCUMBAG Adam Pearlman Gadahn…..

    FBI bulletin here

    Allah has the video here.

    I’m including two videos here: the new one from AQ and another one that was posted a few weeks ago to YouTube. Watch them both or else you won’t fully understand the terms of the “invitation.” Thanks to Rusty Shackleford of the Jawa Report for the first clip and Charles Johnson of LGF for the second.

    And Allah has the other video here – sort of a prequel.

    Michelle Malkin has transcribed some of the video of Adamn Gadahn:

    “Islam is the only religion acceptable to God and came with the revealed book, the Koran, which abrogates all previous revelations, like the Torah and Evangel… God recognizes no separation between religion and state…”

    “To Americans and the rest of Christendom we say, either repent (your) misguided ways and enter into the light of truth or keep your poison to yourself and suffer the consequences in this world and the next…”

    “If the Zionist crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants like Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Michael Scheuer, Steven Emerson, and yes, even the crusader-in-chief George W. Bush were to abandon their unbelief and repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our brothers in Islam. And we send a special invitation to all of you fighting Bush’s crusader pipe dream in Afghanistan, Iraq, and wherever else W. has sent you to die.”

    Reuters’ brief report doesn’t mention Gadahn’s targeting of Pipes, Emerson, Scheuer, and Spencer. Gadahn also extended a special plea to one of al Qaeda’s favorite journalists, Seymour Hersh.

    More:

    “Why not surrender to the truth? Escape from the unbelieving army and join the winning side. As for those who have expressed their respect and admiration for Islam, and acknowledged that it is the truth and demonstrated the support and sympathy for the Muslims and their causes like George Galloway, Robert Fisk, and countless others, I say to them, isn’t it time you stopped sitting on the fence and came over to the side of truth? …Abandon unbelief and accept the truth.”

    Michelle has more:

    Robert Spencer responds to Gadahn…

    The Counterterrorism Blog weighs in on Jihadism’s second generation, tons of video analysis and hyperlinks, and more from Andrew Cochran.

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    Al-Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in a new videotape issued Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. The video was posted on an Islamic militant Web site nine days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

    Sounds easy enough doesn’t it?

    CONVERT TO ISLAM OR DIE

    Ummmmmm NO WAY…….

    But, what does this video mean?

    The Counterterrorism Blog has The “Azzam” Threat: A prelude to Future Jihad in America
    By Walid Phares

    (EDITOR’s NOTE, 9/3/06: The transcript of the video is on Laura Mansfield’s website.) The video tape issued by al Qaeda’s “as-sahhab” production, in which Ayman Zawahiri introduces Jihadist Adam Gahdan to the world as a senior speaker to the American people on behalf of the movement, should be taken seriously. Not necessarily at the level of detecting the next Terror attack but at the level of understanding this prelude to Future Jihad both in America and within the West. I wasn’t surprised at all by the 45 minutes elaboration by convert Gahdan regarding all of the issues he raised. For “Azzam al Amrikee” is the clearest specimen of Jihadism’s second generation within the US, in as much as the 7/7 videos revealed the type of future Jihadists for Great Britain’s second generation. However, when one would listen carefully to the taped video, you’d find a treasure of knowledge and indicators for the current state of thinking of al Qaeda and its ideologues. In short it is a sample of what is on the mind of Salafi Jihadists for the United States and the West.

    Read it all.

    Stay tuned……

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  • Culture,  Politics,  Religion

    Muhammad Caricature Watch: Teguh Santosa On Trial for Publishing Muhammad Cartoons

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    OhMyNews: Muhammad Cartoons Land Journalist in Court

    In Jakarta, Indonesia, 31-year-old Teguh Santosa is on trial for publishing copies of Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on a newspaper Web site on Feb 2, 2006. The trial’s opening hearing began on Aug 30.

    Teguh Santosa is the editor-in-chief of the online edition of the Rakyat Merdeka newspaper service. He may go to jail for five years if he is found guilty.

    The 12 cartoons were first printed in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Oct 2005 and then reappeared in several other European papers. Santosa republished three of them.

    The Moslem community around the world were furious and the publication of the cartoons sparked serious protests. In Indonesia, the largest Moslem community in the world, several Moslem organizations held rallies and urged the government to break off the diplomatic relationship between Indonesia and Denmark.

    Denmark temporarily closed its embassy in Indonesia last February for the safety of its employees.

    Remember the protests around the Islamic world in February of this year?

    Does this help refresh your memory…..

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    Indonesian Muslim protesters burn a Danish flag during a demonstration in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Muslims rallied in several cities in the world’s most populous Muslim country Monday to show anger over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Western newspapers. Writings on the posters say ‘Put Danish Prime Minister on international tribunal.’

    As Michelle says the Dhimmi press of our western world may have forgotten about the Muhammad cartoons but the radical Islamicists have not.

    According to Moslem belief, drawing or representing the Prophet Muhammad in any kind of image is totally blasphemous.

    “The defendant’s publication of caricatures or illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad is a disgrace toward Islam,” prosecutors said.

    After the session Teguh said that he had never, even for one moment, intended to disgrace Islam.

    Teguh Santosa decided to upload the cartoons to show his readers what had caused so many problems. At the time the subject was under intense public debate.

    Later after uploading the cartoons; Teguh’s office was visited by a few radical Moslem organizations. They urged Rakyat Merdeka to remove the images and apologize. The newspaper did so, but this was not enough for them so they filed this case into the court.

    At the court session, Teguh received support from the Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) and Kontras — an Indonesian non-government organization — which held a protest against the trial and urged judges not to use criminal law instead of press law.

    Heru Hendratmoko, chairperson of AJI, said that applying criminal law for this case was a crime against the press. He explained that the press are fully aware that there is no absolute freedom even for them. He urged government officials and communities to use press law if any disputes arise between the press and other parties.

    He added that holding a trial for a press matter using criminal law was violating press freedom, which is guaranteed by the Indonesian Constitution.

    So, what to do?

    As members of the press and journalists, we have an obligation to protest this case on freedom of the press issues.

    Kind of ironic that Teguh Santosa faces a prison sentence for publishing some comedic cartoons while New York Times publisher Bill Keller has refused to publish them in the New York Times but yet publishes national security secrets and yet he faces NO jeopardy, isn’t it?

    You betcha

    Teguh Santosa should be freed. This is a blatant violation of the freedom of the press doctrine.

    Geofrrey at Beyond Wallacia has the details of a protest:

    Publishers, editors, journalists and readers are urged to protest this case. Messages of support to Teguh Santosa and the Alliance of Independent Journalists may be emailed to sekretariatnya_aji@yahoo.com.

    Flap URGES all of my readers and fellow bloggers to send e-mails in support.

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