DUBAI, May 30: An American member of Al Qaeda warned in an Internet video that President George W. Bush should withdraw all his troops from Muslim land or face attacks worse than Sept 11.
Adam Gadahn, a convert to Islam who has been indicted for treason by a US jury, issued a list of demands which he said were not up for negotiation.
“Your failure to heed our demands means that you and your people... will experience things that will make you forget all about the horrors of Sept 11, Afghanistan and Iraq, and Virginia Tech,” he said in the video posted on Tuesday.
“You’re losing on all fronts and losing big time,” said Gadahn, who is the English-language spokesman for the network.
The tape entitled ‘Legitimate demands’ was produced by Assahab, a media outfit that specialises in Al Qaeda online material.
Gadahn said Bush had “embroiled his nation in a series of unwinnable and bloody conflicts in the Islamic world.” He also called on the United States to cease support for Israel and the “56-plus apostate regimes of the Muslim world” and to free all Muslims from its prisons.
“We don’t negotiate with war criminals and baby killers like you. No, these are legitimate demands which must be met,” he said.
Gadahn, who is believed to be in Pakistan, has a $1 million reward for his capture. He is believed to have left California for Karachi in 1998 and he gradually fell out of contact with relatives in the US.—AFP
