"In Spite of the Trials and Tribulations a Bright and Promising Future Is in Store for Islam and Its Champions": American Al-Qaeda Operative Yahya Adam's Desperate Attempt to Turn Americans against Their Government and His Urgent Call to Mujahideen to Attack Bush in His Coming Visit to the Middle East

On January 6, 2008, Al-Qaeda's media company Al-Sahab posted on the
Islamist website Al-Ikhlas http://www.ek-ls.org/ (hosted by NOC4Hosts
Inc., Tampa, FL, USA) a video message by Yahya Adam to the American
people which includes also an urgent appeal to the mujahideen in
Palestine and Saudi Arabia to greet George Bush with "bombs and traps"
in his upcoming visit to the Middle East. [To view this clip visit
http://www.memri.org/legacy/clip/1649 ]

In the midst of the serious setbacks Al-Qaeda experiences in the various
fronts, Yahya Adam, also known as Azzam the American, portrays America
and its allies as losing the battle with the mujahideen everywhere. He
attributes the supposed ability of "lightly-armed mujahideen" to defeat
"the strongest and best equipped army on earth" to what he views as the
mujahideen's superior moral standing.

Yahya Adam then engages in a theological discussion, the purpose of
which is to enhance the impression that what he describes as immoral
behavior by America throughout the world in fact stems from the corrupt
nature of America's religious creed. He explains that though
Christianity was initially rooted in monotheism, it turned into
"Jesus-worship, Mariolatry, iconolatry, cross-worship, saint-worship,
and even Pope- and priest- worship" and betrayed the commitment to
worship God alone as prescribed in the Bible. His suggestion for
non-Muslims is to adopt Islam, thus abandoning moral corruption and
escaping hellfire.

In order to demonstrate his rejection of America and what he views as
its inferior moral standing, Yahya Adam destroys his American passport
in front of the camera, explaining this act as a "symbolic rejection of
American citizenship which honorable decent and compassionate people are
ashamed to carry."

Most importantly, in a desperate attempt to turn Americans against their
government, he portrays the current administration as a group of
"militant fanatics" which through its policy attempts to hasten the
Christian Apocalypse. He explains that it is this administration's
policy that put Americans on a collision course with Islam and Muslims.
He then advises Americans to put pressure on American representatives in
Washington, "whether Republicans or Democrats, to heed the legitimate
demands of the Muslims as spelled out by Sheikh Osama Bin Laden, Sheikh
Ayman Al-Zawahiri and others..." Moreover, he calls upon Americans, both
civilians and military, to forsake Christianity and convert to Islam in
order to escape divine punishment.

He closes his message by announcing the inevitable victory of Islam,
saying: "In spite of the trials and tribulations a bright and promising
future is in store for Islam and its champions, and a bleak and barren
future is in store for unbelief and its advocates and helpers. So if you
are not on the side of Islam, or are in the ranks of its enemies, then
ask God for guidance and make the right choice, and repent before it is
too late."