Hmmm: Fat traitor still missing after a week, jihadi pals worried sick
posted at 9:00 pm on February 8, 2008 by Allahpundit
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He is a big target, in every sense of the term. U.S. intel thinks we missed him, even though he appears to have been in the area of the airstrike at the time. But:
Jihadist sources on the Pakistan side of the border are telling local journalists they are worried. One who described himself as a “very close friend” of Gadahn said the 28-year-old California native had until recently been spending most of his time in the populated areas of South Waziristan, near the towns of Wana, Azam Warsak and Shahkai.
The same friend said Gadahn had left for North Waziristan a week before the Predator attack in Mir Ali, where he was supposed to attend “an important meeting”. The friend said that, after the Predator attack on January 31, they lost “all contact” with Gadahn.
“All our friends are worried about him but so far we could not make any contact with him. We had sent two of our friends to Mir Ali to locate him and provide us with details about him,” the supposed friend explained.
He added that other militants who traveled with Gadahn also were missing.
Lying low after al-Libi got smoked or reduced to a fine red coating on whatever remains of the safe house we hit? Roggio notes that Al Qaeda’s latest video was more amateurish than what we’ve come to expect of the Gadahn oeuvre — but then he breaks our hearts:
Al Qaeda would have capitalized on Gadahn’s death, given his unique status as an American member of al Qaeda. “I would imagine that if Gadahn got knocked off they would have announced his death just as quickly as they did [Abu Laith al Libi's death],” said Nick Grace, who closely tracks al Qaeda’s propaganda and activity at jihadi forums. “Having an American become a martyr would be a propaganda coup for them and I imagine that ultimately Gadahn will be more useful for al Qaeda dead than alive.”
Yeah, good point. Surely they’d know by now if Gadahn was at the meeting with Libi. If he’s dead, why hide it?
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Personally Id love to catch him if any american can ever be tried as a traitor and under the sedition acts its this guy.
Watching the ACLU defend him would be the perfect anti leftist commercial.
William Amos on February 8, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Can ask the same of Osama
William Amos on February 8, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Maybe they’ll worry themselves to death.
If he’s not dead, why wouldn’t he come out to rub it in our faces in a new video?
amerpundit on February 8, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Mabe he’s a double agent and the CIA is debriefing him.
JayHaw Phrenzie on February 8, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Give the Predator operator a see-gar!
Zorro on February 8, 2008 at 9:06 PM
AMF
Speakup on February 8, 2008 at 9:08 PM
I think the big fatty got caught by our boys and is probably getting a litle water shoved up his nose as we speak.
Heh. All I can say is you’ve got ’til November boys, so hurry up!!
Califemme on February 8, 2008 at 9:09 PM
If he is killed or captured I am sure the Berkeley types will be celebrating him as a free thinker etc.
EnochCain on February 8, 2008 at 9:11 PM
I checked Al Jazeera to see if they have any Al Qaeda stuff on their site (they still post a few just to keep the jihadis happy) Only thing I found was this info on thei arabic site.
William Amos on February 8, 2008 at 9:12 PM
He has friends?
TX Mom on February 8, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Did you read the comments accompanying the MSNBC article? Sometimes I just don’t want to hear people’s views on a news items.
terryannonline on February 8, 2008 at 9:17 PM
The taxidermist is still trying to figure out how to deal with the beer gut.
RedWinged Blackbird on February 8, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Perhaps there wasn’t enough left of him to identify.
NNtrancer on February 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Rendered fat.
Kid from Brooklyn on February 8, 2008 at 9:24 PM
reduced to a fine red coating on whatever remains of the safe house we hit
This is so wrong, so very wrong…but I am somehow enamored by these words!
dmann on February 8, 2008 at 9:30 PM
He got off light.
THE CHOSEN ONE on February 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Dear Adam. How was your weekend? lol
ThePrez on February 8, 2008 at 9:34 PM
They’re still looking for identifiable pieces?
Kowboy on February 8, 2008 at 9:37 PM
He’s not missing. He’s here. See 5th cartoon, down.
For those wishing for a trial, forget it. Trial outcomes are never certain. Kill him, and never ask any questions later.
Entelechy on February 8, 2008 at 9:37 PM
I don’t buy this line of reasoning at all. One can only make lemonade out of lemons for so long. At this point in the game where AQ is losing, I wager it’s more like humiliation then martyrdom.
Besides, they probably thought the fat American was a filthy Kuffar anyway and were just using him as a Useful Idiot for AQ propaganda.
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Disagree completely. Most all Americans would rejoice in his death, except for the pinko insane ones, and maybe his family.
Entelechy on February 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM
I swear I saw this guy at a Golden Corral buffet in Cheyenne filling a salad bowl with Bacos.
Squarestate on February 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM
We agree! I don’t get how this is a coup for them. But then again nothing that these jihadi freaks do makes any sense anyway.
Buy Danish on February 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Maybe he’s lying wounded somewhere missing body parts, fat cooked off, dying a miserable death. How’d you like to stumble upon him in that condition?
Golden Boy on February 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM
BD, indeed. Saw your message too late to acknowledge, which I regret :( Regards,
Entelechy on February 8, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Perhaps they are still picking up the pieces?
Asher on February 8, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Entelechy on February 8, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Well, if they ever capture instead of kill him, I’d happily waterboard him. Then they can kill him.
CP on February 8, 2008 at 10:26 PM
boo freakin hoo that his jihadi pals can’t find him
if they want to look where he got nailed, then I’m sure the US Air Force can give them the same blessing their traitorous friend got
Defector01 on February 8, 2008 at 10:42 PM
John McCain should take credit for it.
profitsbeard on February 8, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Maybe if you keep posting about the fat bastard you will prod him forth on the net?
Drtuddle on February 8, 2008 at 11:08 PM
That’d be a shame if some uber-American-style-Star Wars-unmanned-drone-of-Infidel Death had sprayed a 21st century explosion of white-hot metal shards all up his filthy fake-7th Century stinker.
A laughing, howling shame.
Jaibones on February 8, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Love the headline, made me smile. I can not wait to see what you do when the fat bastard is found, at room temperature of course.
kahall on February 8, 2008 at 11:51 PM
I’m having trouble remembering a thread with funnier comments.
I think he’s dead. There’ve been so many AQ martyrs created lately that they’re probably out of blank videotape.
innominatus on February 8, 2008 at 11:56 PM
“Hey Akmed! I found him, he’s over here. And there. Oh, and over there.”
Squarestate on February 9, 2008 at 12:21 AM
A couple of good tracking dogs, the urine trail he has obviously left behind….bingo. Maybe we can convince Silky to talk to Mushy to let a team in.
Limerick on February 9, 2008 at 12:39 AM
One word: RENDITION.
rotorhead on February 9, 2008 at 12:48 AM
This is fun, isn’t it? I get a warmly satisfied feeling when I learn that anyone who hated us is dead or unaccounted for. And I’m made grateful for all our enemies that are still alive and waiting their turn to submit to the Predators.
Kralizec on February 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Worried sick, thats what my mother used to say she was about me….worried sick…thanks for the connotative memory.
I wonder if Adam fantasized about the State(s) he would have liked to be Emir of?
BL@KBIRD on February 9, 2008 at 1:24 AM
In my fantasy world, The Chubby Traitor got homesick, so he sent a letter to the Mayor of Berkley to seek asylum in his fair city. The Mayor, knowing how good the Marines are in creating Dead Tangos (terrorist) launched a preemptive strike against the Marines to get them out of the city and clear the way for The Chubby Traitor’s return to California. Meanwhile, back in the caves of Bora Bora, The Chubby Traitor’s new-found friends have to wonder if they have been duped by a stupid American kid! They know that if he makes it back to Calif; Berkley specifically, they would never be able to find him because he would blend in with all the other beard-wearing, unwashed hippies the inhabit Berkley.
The Chubby Traitor, when he is eventually discovered in Berkley, will be protected by 72 human shields (courtesy of Code Pink) The Chubby Traitor will see the irony in this because the 72 virgins he was promised when he reached (Socialist) Heaven, are all Lesbian who are over 50 years old and do not shave their legs or armpits. The Chubby Traitor, despondent, ends it all , not through martydom, but by eating dozens of big pizzas covered with Canadian bacon and drinking a keg of beer. He falls to the floor dead of heart failure.
This is what happens in, “The World According to Chief”.
c3ichief on February 9, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Not sure why it would be a propaganda coup for them if he was killed. Most Americans would be cheering if Goatboy met his maker.
Blake on February 9, 2008 at 2:11 AM
The livestock in Hemet sleeps soundly tonight.
2Tru2Tru on February 9, 2008 at 3:43 AM
Wham bamm Gadahn? Surely a direct hit on that porker would look like a tire fire in the recon photos.
T J Green on February 9, 2008 at 5:12 AM
I’m not sure that the death of Abu al-Babee Faht would be such a big propaganda coup for AQ. If propaganda makes the enemy feel all warm and fuzzy inside, it’s not very good propaganda, is it?
flipflop on February 9, 2008 at 7:10 AM
Maybe, he’s been kidnapped and is being held ransom by one of the numerous tribes in the area?
Blake on February 9, 2008 at 8:06 AM
It’s also possible that the former American was wounded and that the propaganda value will come upon his triumphant return. Someone should check if al-Qaeda ia sponsoring a blood drive and accepting donations of Ding Dongs, Twinkies and such like.
scatbug on February 9, 2008 at 8:46 AM
When and if the Taliban announces his martyrdom, here’s how we celebrate.
Buy Danish on February 9, 2008 at 9:29 AM
If this oversized target is merely wounded he is in a cave somewhere pining for his old health care community, his banana chair, xbox, and a bowl of doublestuff oreos.
Squarestate on February 9, 2008 at 10:06 AM
That was LAUGHS but sadly for the fat on true. I would love about 5 min with this guy and a Gerber MKII but that is me I am troubled.
TroubledMonkey on February 9, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Hehe..who needs a weapon THAT effective. I’d spend an hour or so cutting his heart out with a spoon.
WHY? (wait for it) “‘Cos it will hurt more, dummy!”
tickleddragon on February 9, 2008 at 11:20 AM
tickledragon-
You won’t find anything.
But keep digging.
profitsbeard on February 9, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Perhaps he’s enjoying those 72 virgins now……virgin male yaks in heat!
Bubba Redneck on February 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Oh have you seen the muffin man? The muffin man. The muffin man…
ronsfi on February 9, 2008 at 12:09 PM
I think it would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY cool if someone like Gadan were video taped as he was in a life and death, hand to hand combat struggle for his life against a US citizen, say Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, or Some US Marine hand-to-hand combat phoneme, or some Krav Maga, or Mauy Thai maestro, or one of the UFC champs.
It would be even cooler if she were a pretty, feminine woman taking him down, slugging it out, taking a few good shots herself in the process so as to show those brave Jihadis that, not only can a pretty female take some serious shots, spill a bit of blood in the process, but she can dish it out and kick the but of a cultist like Gadan and his brain washed buddies!
There are plenty of females throughout the world, including in the USA, who are fit, strong, fast, and can pack a mean punch and kick, and can grapple Gadan into submission.
Remember, in all of this, Gadan would have a fair chance at defending himself, making his defeat all the more impressive.
The Jihadis would be humiliated and be ashamed to show their faces in public again!
Yeah, that’s it. Submit him (After engaging him in hand to hand combat, lock him up in any martial arts submission hold). Wake him up, fight him again, then get him into a submission hold again, and continue the process, humiliating him to the point at which he cries like a baby, pleads for mercy and his life, then let her finish him off, or just have him arrested after he submits and gets carted of to Club Carib in Guantanamo.
Wow!
Gadan, submitted by a woman!
How existential!
William2006 on February 9, 2008 at 12:23 PM
When and if the Taliban announces his martyrdom, here’s how we celebrate.
Buy Danish on February 9, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Outstanding…
scatbug on February 9, 2008 at 12:55 PM
He is alive and well and running for a seat on the Berkley City Council
Wade on February 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Before he was a jihadi, he was a metal head. I wonder if he turned the Taliban hip to some Maiden or Priest.
THE CHOSEN ONE on February 9, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I hope he never sets foot in the US again. In his defense the ACLU would claim he never took part in any actions, he was just exercising his free speech. He would soon be doing lectures at our universities.
kongzilla on February 9, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Roggio has a little something new. He notes the lack of Gadan’s usual trademark document organization.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/adam_gadahn_rumored.php
a capella on February 9, 2008 at 1:57 PM
a capella on February 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM
I can only say one thing.
Allah Akbar!
Kini on February 9, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Nobody mourns a traitor!
landlines on February 10, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Maybe he was eaten by his own “buddies” at Taliban and al Qaeda All Boys Clubs
William2006 on February 10, 2008 at 6:39 PM
If he’s dead, where will he be buried? I’d love to pee on his grave!
mogilla on February 28, 2008 at 9:09 PM
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