Pakistan says arrested US al Qaeda is not Gadahn

LA Times:

The American Al Qaeda operative arrested in Karachi over the weekend was not the Southern California native wanted by the U.S. on treason charges for his involvement in the terror network, Pakistani intelligence officials said Monday.

Pakistani security officials initially asserted that the American Islamic extremist they had captured in the country's largest city late Saturday night was Adam Gadahn of Riverside, a spokesman and top propagandist for the Al Qaeda terror network.

However, by early Monday morning, doubts arose about those initial reports. U.S. officials said they were skeptical of those claims and that there was no indication that Gadahn was the suspect arrested in Karachi.

Later Monday, Pakistani intelligence officials reversed themselves and said the man arrested was actually Abu Yahya Mujahideen Adam, a Pennsylvania native and operative for Al Qaeda. The intelligence officials said Adam had been transferred to Islamabad for interrogation but would not give further details.

Gadahn, 31, remains at large....

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This is consistent with my earlier post where the claims of Gadahn's arrest were questioned. So far I have not seen any reporting on this this guy from Pennsylvania is and what his role with al Qaeda is. There is probably a story there to dig it out.