Monday, 5 March 2012

Familiar voice issues threats; American serving as mouthpiece for al-Qaida charged with treason.(Main)

Byline: CELESTE KATZ - New York Daily News

NEW YORK - The homegrown terrorist at the center of an al-Qaida dirty bomb threat against the city is the first American charged with treason in more than 50 years and lives with a $1 million bounty on his head.

Adam Yahiye Gadahn grew up the son of California hippies. He lived on a sprawling goat farm at the foot of the San Jacinto mountains. He is the grandson of a Jewish doctor.

He dabbled in death metal music as a teen, but by all accounts had a peaceful childhood until he embraced a virulent strain of Islam to fill a void in his life.

Gadahn was 17 when he announced his conversion and began …

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