Posted on 09/03/2006 8:17:27 AM PDT by madprof98
Gadahn, who turned 28 Friday, grew up on a goat farm in rural Riverside County, where he and his three siblings were home-schooled by his parents. His father, Phil Gadahn, grew up in Orange County, the son of Dr. Carl K. Pearlman, a respected urologist and leader in the medical community from his arrival in 1949 until his death in 1998.
In the mid-1990s, Adam Gadahn moved to his grandparents' home in Santa Ana. He found Islam on the Internet, converted at a mosque in Garden Grove and leaders there say he fell in with a group of Islamic fundamentalists. The FBI says Gadahn ultimately trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan and has worked as a translator.
Gadahn also relates a story, which he said was set in suburban California and clearly involved him, that he said described the hypocrisy of the West. One day when he was with his "brothers" in a shopping center parking lot, a man sped by in an SUV and shouted, "Worship Jesus, your Lord!" Gadahn said, according to SITE's translation.
"The gas-guzzler, cell phone, and college diploma notwithstanding, one couldn't help but be reminded of Abu Jahal in the seventh century abusing the Prophet while he prayed because he worshipped God alone and rejected the idols of the Arabs," Gadahn said.
On the video, Gadahn addressed American soldiers, saying, "You know that if you die as an unbeliever in battle against the Muslims, you're going straight to Hell without passing 'Go.'
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Another article I read indicates that the father changed his name when he ventured out into the countryside to get close to nature. As best I can tell, these people were the quintessential Kalifornia Fruit Flakes.
And then he took an "unnatural" interest in a particular Nanny... which lead directly to his interest in and conversion to Islam.
This coming from a scumbag that has a camcorder, computer, internet connections and cell phones to detonate bombs. The hypocracy it seems is on thie piece of crap.
No offense Sauron.....but I'm thinkin this guy is the "Mouth of Sauron" (Assume you've seen or read LoTR?)
He's a mouth, all right. He's totally evil as well. His masters don't qualify as Mordor though
I would guess the same thing as this guy and I don't know anything about his background. Grew up in California and converted to radical Islam. Sounds like hippie parents to me.
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