Reward for Calif. al-Qaida suspect
LOS ANGELES (AP) - June 2, 2008 Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 29, grew up in Riverside County, east of Los
Angeles. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana in
2005 and charged with one count of treason and two counts of
providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist
organization.
The FBI alleges Gadahn moved to Pakistan in 1998 and attended an
al-Qaida training camp six years later, serving as a translator and
consultant for the group.
Gadahn is "an integral part of al-Qaida's media and recruitment
branch (and) has endorsed terrorist activity," FBI spokeswoman
Laura Eimiller said Friday.
Pakistani news sources reported in February that Gadahn was
killed in a missile strike, but the FBI has not received conclusive
evidence of his death, Eimiller said.
The publicity campaign will include matchbooks, handbills and
posters that will be distributed throughout Afghanistan.
