The hooded figure in the image above calls himself "Azzam the American" and has this to say to you and I:
[M]y fellow countrymen you are guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. You are as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell… After decades of American tyranny and oppression, now it's your turn to die. Allah willing, the streets of America will run red with blood matching drop for drop the blood of America's victims.
People of America, I remind you of the weighty words of our leaders, Osama bin Laden and Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri, that what took place on Sept. 11 was but the opening salvo of the global war on America… Allah willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about Sept. 11.~ Azzam the American, Late Summer 2004
Experts initially believed "Azzam the American" is Adam Yahiye Gadahn, but U.S. intelligence officials say the voice matches neither Gadahn's nor any American with known connections to al Qaeda. Voice expert Gerald Lampe, deputy director of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, believes the man on the tape likely grew up in a home of non-native English speakers.
"Azzam the American" appears to be a younger man in his mid-to late twenties, which indicates that al Qaeda recruiting has managed to indoctrinate the next generation of terrorists.
I have been looking for a full transcript of this video but haven't found one. Yet...
Update 29 October 2004, 15:06 pm MST: Fox News reports that Orange County Iman Haitham Bundjaki thinks "Azzam the American" may indeed be Gadahn.
I wonder what Osama's message will be.
Posted by: tallglassofmilk | October 29, 2004 at 12:51 PM
It's just another Kerry supporter. Follow the link below if you want to get an accurate portrayal of what John Kerry would do to this country as President. He's betrayed us for thirty years. He's in bed with most of America's enemies, like China and Iran, in exchange for money. What will those enemies want in return for their capital? More importantly, do you think Kerry would give it to them? It's a risk we can't afford to take!
http://donkerry.blogspot.com/
Posted by: donkerry | October 29, 2004 at 01:18 PM
BBC News characterizes bin Laden's beef as a problem with U.S. Policy toward Israel. Bin Laden says he first thought of attacking the U.S. in 1982 after Israel invaded Lebanon.
What an epiphany...
Bin Laden claims to have no dog in the fight that is the American Presidential Election, but the truth couldn't be more transparent. He hopes to change U.S. Policy towards Israel and threatens that "The reasons to repeat what happened [9/11] remain."
Posted by: Moze | October 29, 2004 at 01:44 PM
That video seems TOO slick, don't you think?
Posted by: Thomas Galvin | October 29, 2004 at 06:25 PM
Azzam is just another fuckin coward who is afraid to show his face.Just like all these other barbarians you see in these beheading videos.They hide behind scarves and perform their dastardly deeds for video cameras. Our young men and women are out fighting for freedom. They are not afraid to show who they are. They are proud Americans! You can bet that if we weren't in Iraq those fuckin terrorists would be busting down the doors here. We should be grateful President Bush took the approach that he did. The action that was needed. We needed to go there and start cleaning house. Forget the issue of WMD's and whether or not they existed. Sadaam was harboring terrorists
possibly even OBL himself. Come Wednesday morning well the votes are tallied. PRESIDENT BUSH will give the order to light
that motherfuckin God forsaken country up like a roman candle.
Posted by: Alski | October 31, 2004 at 07:32 AM