Adam Yahiye Gadahn (VIDEO)

Rewards for Justice Announces Reward for Adam Yahiye Gadahn. Interview With 'Azzam The American' (2004) Video Clip MPG format

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has authorized the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program to pay up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a California-born American believed to be a prominent member of the al-Qaeda organization.

Gadahn is suspected of being an integral figure in al-Qaeda media production, producing videos for external and internal propaganda that advocate the killing of U.S. citizens and catastrophic destruction of U.S. property.

Gadahn was part of a 48-minute video aired September 2, on an Islamic insurgent web site. He appeared with Ayman al-Zawahiri urging U.S. soldiers to switch sides in the Iraq and Afghan wars. He appeared unmasked July 7, 2006, on an al-Qaeda tape made public on the Internet denouncing the United States military presence in Iraq and calling for the killing of U.S. civilians. Gadahn is believed to have been a masked speaker on two additional al-Qaeda videos from October 2004 and September 2005.

Rewards for Justice encourages anyone with specific information that may lead to Gadahn’s arrest and/or conviction to contact the RFJ staff via e-mail: RFJ@state.gov or telephone (1-800-877-3927). Additional contact information is at: rewardsforjustice.net/.

Since its inception, RFJ has paid more than $62 million to over 40 individuals whose information led to the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution of international terrorist attacks against United States persons or property worldwide, as well as the arrest or conviction of terrorists attempting, committing, conspiring to commit, or aiding and abetting in the commission of such acts. RFJ assures strict confidentiality. Those providing information may also be eligible for relocation with their families.

RFJ played a significant role in the arrest of international terrorist Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. RFJ informants provided key information that led the U.S. to Uday and Qusay Hussein. Through RFJ, the Secretary of State has authorized rewards up to $25 million that lead to the arrest or conviction of Usama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri.

RFJ is one of the most valuable U.S. government assets in the fight against international terrorism. Established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, Public Law 98-533, the Program is administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

LINKS:

• Copy of the Indictment - Al-Qaeda is, and at all times relevant hereto was, a foreign terrorist organization designated by the Secretary of
  State, pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality
  Act.
• Transcript of Press Conference Announcing Indictment of U.S. Citizen for Treason - Material Support Charges for Providing Aid and Comfort to al Qaeda.
• Gadahn 'Most Wanted' Poster - Adam Yahiye Gadahn was indicted in the Central District of California for treason and material support to Al Qaeda.
• - "You are an American who has joined a movement for waging war on America and killing large numbers of Americans. Don't you in any way feel you are betraying your people and country?"
• DOJ Press Release - .S. CITIZEN INDICTED ON TREASON, MATERIAL SUPPORT CHARGES FOR PROVIDING AID AND COMFORT TO AL QAEDA

2006/917, Released on October 11, 2006, Press Statement, Sean McCormack, Spokesman, Washington, DC, October 11, 2006

If you have any information that might lead to identifying and/or locating this person--or his interviewer-- please contact the FBI immediately.

• Use our Submit a Tip form located on this website.
• In the U.S., contact the Joint Terrorism Task Force at your nearest FBI office or contact your closest law enforcement agency.
• Overseas, you may contact your closest U.S. Embassy.

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