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10/28 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=206661 "No, my 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 ... And that Allah willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about Sept. 11." \_ "And, again, I don't know where he [bin laden] is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him." -GW \_ That's nice you quote only this part. Shows how honest you are. \_ "Azzam, who formerly worked for Haliburton, KBR, and Senior Presidential Advisor Karl Rove, says that this imminent attack should serve to underscore Vice President Dick Cheney's fearmongering." |
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abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=206661 investigation investigation Alleged American Al Qaeda Warns of US Attacks Azzam the American: 'Streets of America Will Run Red With Blood' Terror Video A man identified only as "Azzam the American" appears on a tape saying Am erica faces a new wave of terror attacks. Person of the Week: Complete Coverage Watch Brian Ross' full report on ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jen nings" at 6:30 pm ET. The tape was acquired by ABC News last Friday from a source known to have Taliban and al Qaeda contacts in the tribal region of Pakistan. While CIA officials say they have not been able to authenticate the 75-mi nute tape, an agency spokesman says it "appears to have been produced by al Qaeda's media organization, al Sahab productions." The tape is marke d with the same logo and graphics seen on previous videos released by al Qaeda. The man on the tape is identified only as "Azzam the American." US offi cials say they had not previously known of the nom de guerre. His face i s never fully visible and he makes no reference to where in the United S tates he might have lived. "No, my fellow countrymen you are guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell," he says in what he calls his message to America. "After de cades of American tyranny and oppression, now it's your turn to die. All ah willing, the streets of America will run red with blood matching drop for drop the blood of America's victims." Senior administration officials told ABC News tonight that copies of the tape are being provided to all 13 current and former administration figu res mentioned by name in the tape, and that the tape is being shown to c aptured al Qaeda leaders in US custody to see if they can identify the man on the tape. "A member of al Qaeda who professes to be a US citizen was always covet ed and looked for by the al Qaeda," said Jack Cloonan, a former FBI agen t who interviewed a number of captured al Qaeda members and is now an AB C News consultant. Law enforcement officials and linguistic expert Gerald Lampe, deputy dire ctor of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryla nd, believe English was not Azzam's first language. They speculate he ma y have learned English as a child in a household of non-native speakers. US officials believe there are several Americans working with al Qaeda, including Adam Gadahn, a former Southern California student who is want ed for questioning by the FBI. US intelligence officials say the voice on the tape does not match Gadahn's or that of any Americans suspected of being part of al Qaeda. Azzam makes references to several American officials, including 9/11 Comm ission Chairman Tom Kean, and even refers to the controversial remarks m ade by comedian Bill Maher about the cowardice of the US launching cru ise missiles compared with terrorist suicide attacks. "People of America, I remind you of the weighty words of our leaders, Osa ma bin Laden and Dr. "An d that Allah willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about Sept. |