US-born al-Qaeda man in new video

Updated 11.01 Mon Aug 06 2007

Keywords: Adam Gadahn, al-Qaeda

A US-born al-Qaeda member has appeared on a video threatening foreign diplomats and embassies in the Islamic world.

Adam Gadahn described them as "spy dens" in the terror network's latest film.

"We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad" - Adam Gadahn

The 1 hour and 17 minute-long video also featured a computer animated recreation of a March 2006 suicide attack that killed US diplomat David Foy in Pakistan and testimony from a man who claimed to be the bomber.

Gadahn, also known as Azzan al-Amriki, said: "We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centres from which you plotted your aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq."

California-born Gadahn was charged with treason in the US last autumn and has been wanted since 2004 by the FBI, which is offering a £500,000 reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

He last appeared in a video in May threatening the US with an attack worse than September 11, 2001.