Report: American al Qaeda Adam Gadahn not captured in Pakistan (updated)

Update: AP is now reporting Gadahn has been captured!

Update 2: FBI has not confirmed yet, White House not commenting (6:30PM EST)

Update 3: CBS reported the Al Qaeda operative arrested there was not Gadahn, but was Pennsylvania-born Abu Yahya

If true, and it’s not the first time a report of Gadahn’s capture has been reported, this would be a big catch. This is the news source – http://newsolio.com:

KARACHI, Pakistan- An American citizen, who joined the Al-Qaeda leadership in the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, Adam Gadahn, has been nabbed by security and commando forces in Pakistan, reports said.

31-year-old Adam Gadahn is often quoted by media and seen as a spokesman for Al-Qaeda in the region, as recently as the March 7, 2010, Adam Gadahn can be heard in video calling for attacks by Muslims on western nations.

Adam Gadahn was indicted for treason in 2006 by a federal grand jury for the capital crime of treason for aiding an enemy of the United States. Adam Gadahn was the first American charged with such a treason law since 1952.

From as far back as 2004, Adam Gadahn has appeared in a number of videos produced by Al-Qaeda, identified as “Azzam the American.”

Gadahn has also just released a new video, titled “Call to Arms,” via As Sahab, which we are trying to locate, calling on American Muslims to attack US targets.

CAIRO – Al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.

In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslims, especially those serving Western militaries.

“Brother Nidal is the ideal role-model for every repentant Muslim in the armies of the unbelievers and apostate regimes,” he said.

Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, was dressed in white robes and wearing a white turban as he called for attacks on what he described as “high-value targets.”

“You shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking that military bases are the only high-value targets in America and the West. On the contrary, there are countless other strategic places, institutions and installations which, by striking, the Muslim can do major damage,” he said, an assault rifle leaning up against a wall next to him.

Gadahn has been wanted by the FBI since 2004 and two years later was charged with treason. There is a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Read it all via Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America – Yahoo! News.

Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch elaborates on “the same old cognitive dissonance” on the matter in DC.

MEMRI reports:

The video also mentions “Muslim-only concentration camps in Illinois,Bagram, and elsewhere” – apparently a reference to the proposed transfer of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois.

Getting an early start on refuting Obama’s plan to create Gitmo North – which is becoming what Obama claimed Gitmo Cuba is supposed to be – al Qaeda recruiting propaganda.