SUNDAY, JANUARY 06, 2008
17:38 MECCA TIME, 14:38 GMT
Al-Qaeda urges attacks on Bush
A $1m reward has been offered for information leading
to Gadahn's capture [AFP]
An American member of al-Qaeda has called on Muslim
fighters to welcome George Bush, the US president,
"with bombs" during his visit to the Middle East next
week.
Adam Gadahn, a convert to Islam who has been indicted
for treason by a US jury, made the call in a
videotaped message posted on a website on Sunday.
"Welcome him not with flowers and applause but with
bombs and traps," Gadahn said.
The message comes after Osama bin Laden, the group's
leader, warned Muslims against supporting Iraq's
US-backed government and promised the "liberation of
Palestine".
The majority of the 50-minute tape attributed to
Gadahn is in English, although the call to attack the
US president is made in Arabic.
"I send this urgent call to our brothers the
Mujihidin, mainly in Palestine and the Arabian
Peninsula, and in the region in general, to be ready
to welcome the crusader, the butcher Bush," he said,
according to a translation.
Bush visit
Bush is due to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, the
first US president to visit the state in nine years,
in an attempt to encourage the peace negotiation
renewed at a conference in Annapolis last year.
He is also due to visit the West Bank and five Arab
states.
"The jihad against you will remain our duty as long as
there remains even one Muslim in American captivity"
Adam Gadahn, American al-Qaeda member
Gadahn's message strongly criticises Hosni Mubarak,
Egypt's president, and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
who will welcome Bush to their countries as part of
the eight-day tour of the region.
It also contained an attack on Pervez Musharraf,
Pakistan's president, for his support of the United
States.
Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki or Azzam the
American, said that the "jihad" against the US would
continue until it released Muslims from its jails.
In the video he took his US passport from his breast
pocket and showed its pages to the camera before
ripping it up in protest at the treatment of Muslim
detainees.
"The jihad against you will remain our duty as long as
there remains even one Muslim in American captivity,"
he said.
"That is why it is incumbent upon you [the American
people] to take the steps necessary to force the
regime in Washington to free each and every one of
them, wherever they are and whatever their supposed
crime."
Treason charges
In October 2006, California-born Gadahn became the
first person to be charged in the US with treason
since the second world war.
The charge carries a minimum of five years in prison
on conviction and a maximum penalty of death.
He is believed to be living in Pakistan and a $1m
reward has been offered for his capture. He appears,
along with Osama bin Laden on a US "wanted" poster
featuring 26 "faces of global terrorism".
Gadahn converted to Islam from a Jewish-Christian
family when he was 17 and a few years later moved to
Pakistan.
Source: Agencies
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