Posted by
fact275 on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:00:00 PM
Adam "Azzam the American" Gadahn, is a 30-year old Californian from Orange County who is an Al Qaida member. He is apparently a sort of "press secretary" for Bin Laden--with a $1 million reward on his head from the FBI. However, Gadahn may have been dealt the ultimate punishment for his treason. According to reports in London's
Sunday Telegraph, Gadahn known for his ridiculous rants on Al Qaida propaganda videos, has been noticeably absent from recent videos. Rumors, started by the Pakistani press, have existed for some time that Gadahn was killed in Waziristan by a CIA MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using a Hellfire laser-guided missile. If so, Gadahn learned the hard way about what should happen to all traitors.
U.S Air Force photo by TSGT Sabrina Johnson
Just as the Bell UH-1 Huey became the iconic image of the Vietnam War, and the F-117 the icon of the First Gulf War, the MQ-1 Predator is rapidly becoming the icon of the War on Terror. This is incredible considering that the Predator and its larger spawn, the MQ-9 Reaper, have gone straight from development into battle without the usual evaluation. The Predator itself, one of our most lethal weapons against the AQ leadership, was not originally designed to carry any weaponry!