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Al-Qaida Suspect Arrested in Pakistan Not Gadahn

   VOA News 08 March 2010
   American-born al-Qaida spokesman, Adam Gadahn

   American-born al-Qaida spokesman, Adam Gadahn

   Pakistani  intelligence  agents  say  they  have  captured an American
   al-Qaida  operative,  but  they  have reversed their initial assertion
   that  he  is  Adam  Gadahn,  who  is  wanted in the United States on a
   treason charge.
   Pakistani  officials said Monday the man they arrested recently in the
   southern  port city of Karachi appears to be another American with the
   alias Abu Yahya Majadin al-Adam.
   They said the similarity of the name with those sometimes used by Adam
   Gadahn initially caused some confusion.
   The  Gadahn,  31, is a California-born spokesman for al-Qaida.  He has
   often  appeared  in  al-Qaida  videos  calling for attacks against the
   United States and other Western countries.
   The  United  States  has  offered up to $1 million in reward money for
   information leading to his arrest.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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