Confirmed: Adam Gadahn Arrested ***UPDATE*** CBS Says it isn’t Adam Gadahn

Yup, the AP is now confirming that Adam Gadahn was arrested in Pakistan.  Too bad Obama has fatuously ruled out waterboarding:

This updates our previous post HERE.

I'm heading out to upload my new video. Smoke me a kipper, boys. I'll be back before breakfast!

Officers: Pakistan arrests American-born al-Qaida
March 7, 2010 – 1:48pm

By ASHRAF KHAN
Associated Press Writer – via WTOP

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al-Qaida, in an operation in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday.

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Gadahn was arrested in the sprawling southern metropolis in recent days, two officers who took part in the operation said. A senior government official also confirmed the arrest.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

Gadahn, who is also known by various aliases, including Yahya Majadin Adams and Azzam al-Amriki, grew up on a goat farm in Riverside County, California, and converted to Islam at a mosque in nearby Orange County.

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He has posted videos and messages calling for the destruction of the West and for strikes against targets in the United States. The most recent was posted Sunday, praising the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas.

[They probably caught him as he was uploading his video at a putative Starbucks in Karachi, or something…]

A U.S. court charged Gadahn with treason in 2006, making him the first American to face such a charge in more than 50 years. He could face the death penalty if convicted. He was also charged with two counts of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

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UPDATE: Well, drat!  CBS just posted this at 5:25 pm EST:

U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Incorrect
Confusion Over Militant’s Identity Sparked Reports of Gadahn Arrest; Some Media Say It is Another U.S.-Born Terrorist
CBS News

An “important Taliban militant” was arrested today in Pakistan. But that is where the confusion started.

Earlier it was reported by Pakistani media that intelligence agents had arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al Qaeda, in an operation in the southern city of Karachi.

It was further reported by the Associated Press and Reuters that Gadahn had been arrested, sourcing security officials.

CBS News was told by sources in the Pakistan government that it was Gadahn, even after U.S. officials refused to confirm it was the California native for whom a $1 million reward has been posted.

Now, CBS News’ Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad writes that earlier reports the detained individual was Gadahn proved false. According to a Pakistan security official who spoke with CBS News on condition of anonymity, the arrested individual is in fact “a Taliban militant leader who is known as Abu Yahya.”

The official said evidence compiled from an interrogation of the suspect and information exchanged with U.S. officials verified the man’s identify.

The reassessment only added to the confusion surrounding the arrest of a man earlier described by other unnamed Pakistani security officials as Gadahn.

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Now I’m REALLY confused!  Just how many American born al-Qaeda terrorists are there?

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