First off, I've never seen it take so long for the identification of some dead terrorists - ya think that missile strike in Pakistan was a direct hit? Haha. But, as Bill Roggio writes over at The Long War Journal here, rumors continue to fly that Adam Gadahn, the pudgy kid who never had a friend, Adam Gadahn, was indeed killed in the missile attack that nailed al Qaeda leader Abu Laith al Libi.
Okay, I'm going out on a limb here, folks and saying that Gadahn IS dead.
Every account I've read from an expert that says he is NOT dead revolves around the premise that al Qaeda is very quick to announce the martyrdom of its dead - al Libi's death in this strike was announced immediately on jihadist websites. So why not Gadahn's death? The pessimists say that if Gadahn was dead, he would have been celebrated by his comrades. Well, I think he is dead and the reasons al Qaeda hasn't blown his trumpet are:
1. Adam Gadahn, although being al Qaeda, was an American. Can they really do the fanfare bit for an al Qaeda that doesn't have Arab blood?
2. Al Qaeda knows that if they celebrate Gadahn's martyrdom, there will be celebration in America. Americans have no love lost for traitors and the majority would dance in the streets knowing the puke who turned his back on his country was feeding the worms.
3. Adam Gadahn simply was a tool for al Qaeda. Al Qaeda doesn't announce the individual deaths of peon fighters in Iraq and since Gadahn only held his public spot due to the fact of his American face, he is not considered important enough for the official send off.
I hope I'm right - the world is better off with Adam Gadahn out of it. And at the same time, America will be able to finally wash its hands of another traitor.
Okay, I'm going out on a limb here, folks and saying that Gadahn IS dead.
Every account I've read from an expert that says he is NOT dead revolves around the premise that al Qaeda is very quick to announce the martyrdom of its dead - al Libi's death in this strike was announced immediately on jihadist websites. So why not Gadahn's death? The pessimists say that if Gadahn was dead, he would have been celebrated by his comrades. Well, I think he is dead and the reasons al Qaeda hasn't blown his trumpet are:
1. Adam Gadahn, although being al Qaeda, was an American. Can they really do the fanfare bit for an al Qaeda that doesn't have Arab blood?
2. Al Qaeda knows that if they celebrate Gadahn's martyrdom, there will be celebration in America. Americans have no love lost for traitors and the majority would dance in the streets knowing the puke who turned his back on his country was feeding the worms.
3. Adam Gadahn simply was a tool for al Qaeda. Al Qaeda doesn't announce the individual deaths of peon fighters in Iraq and since Gadahn only held his public spot due to the fact of his American face, he is not considered important enough for the official send off.
I hope I'm right - the world is better off with Adam Gadahn out of it. And at the same time, America will be able to finally wash its hands of another traitor.
Gadahn death rumors continue to surface
By Bill Roggio
March 6, 2008 9:24 PM
As US and Pakistani intelligence attempted to determine who else might have been killed in the Jan. 29 US airstrike in North Waziristan that took the life of al Qaeda commander Abu Laith al Libi, a new, unconfirmed report claimed Adam Gadahn, Laith's American deputy, died in the strike, as did two Kuwaitis and four other terrorists.
Sources inside Pakistan told the Nine/Eleven Finding Answers Foundation that US traitor Adam Gadahn was killed, along with Abu Suhail, Laith's former deputy; Hamza al Somali, who is presumably of Australian or US nationality; Abu Ubayda Tawari Rakhis al Mutairi, a Kuwaiti national; Abu Adil al Kuwaiti, another Kuwaiti; and at least three Uzbek nationals. "It should be noted that the death of the American Gadahn has not yet been officially confirmed," the Nine/Eleven Finding Answers Foundation reported.
Adnkronos International said Feb. 5 that Abu Adil al Kuwaiti was reported killed in the North Waziristan airstrike, along with Abu Obeida Tawari al Obeidi, a Saudi.
Speculation about Gadahn's death surfaced immediately after the airstrike, as Pakistani sources told US and Pakistani news agencies that Gadahn had not been seen or heard from since the strike. Gadahn was purportedly attending the meeting chaired by Laith, who was planning al Qaeda's 2008 campaign in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda has been quick to lionize the death of its leaders, for propaganda and recruiting reasons. Laith's death was announced on a jihadi Internet forum within three days of the airstrike in North Waziristan.
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