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Adam Gadahn Was Kicked Out of US Mosque, So Went to Pakistan
From The New York Times.... F.B.I. officials, in announcing that they were seeking to interview Adam Gadahn, said he had trained at Qaeda or Taliban camps in Afghanistan and had worked as a translator for Islamic militants. They said he had worked with Abu Zubaida, a senior Qaeda member who was captured by American agents in April 2002. An F.B.I. wanted poster says that the bureau has no information linking Mr. Gadahn to specific terrorist activities but warns that he should be considered armed and dangerous. It lists several aliases, including Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman and Yayah. There is an arrest warrant for Mr. Gadahn in Orange County arising from an assault at a Garden Grove, Calif., mosque in 1997, according to court records. Mr. Gadahn pleaded guilty to assault and battery in June 1997 and was sentenced to two days in jail and 40 hours of community service. When he did not show up for the community service, an arrest warrant was issued, according to court documents. Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, the imam of the Islamic Society of Orange County, said Mr. Gadahn was working as a guard or janitor at the mosque when Haitham Bundakji, an elder of the mosque, upbraided him about his work habits. Mr. Gadahn turned on Mr. Bundakji and hit him twice, Dr. Siddiqi said, but did not cause serious injuries. Mosque officials reported the incident to the police, he said. .... the imam expelled Mr. Gadahn from the mosque and told him never to return. He apparently left the country shortly after that, family members said. .... Nancy Pearlman [Adamâs fraternal aunt] said ... said that when she last spoke to him, about 18 months ago, he was in Pakistan. He had recently married an Afghan refugee and they were expecting a child. She said she had no reason to believe he had fallen in with Islamic militants. ... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-28 |
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