Al Qaeda's American Spokesman Blasts Obama in New Video
In a new video released over the weekend, al Qaeda's American spokesman Adam Gadahn ridicules President Obama but offers him a peace deal if the U.S. leaves Iraq and Afghanistan and ends aid to Israel and those Muslim countries al Qaeda considers un-Islamic.
"You're no longer the popular man you once were, a year ago or so," says Gadahn in the recording. He says this is because Obama has become "nothing more than another treacherous, bloodthirsty and narrow-minded American war President."
Gadahn's offer is similar to a 2007 message to President George W. Bush. In the years prior to the September 11 attacks, al Qaeda peace deals often presaged an attack, a religious requirement for Islamic extremists that they give one last truce offer before attacking their enemy. Since then, al Qaeda's statements have largely amounted to propaganda.
Over the years, Gadahn's videos and messages have been largely ineffective, according to ABC News consultant and former Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke. "No one is going to rise up because of what Adam Gadahn says."
