American Al-Qaeda member urges support for jihadists: SITE

An American Al-Qaeda member has urged followers to step up assistance to suicide bombers and other radical fighters, arguing that the West "has begun to stagger," Al-Qaeda monitors said.

Adam Gadahn, an American member of Al-Qaeda, made the appeal in a new video titled "How to Prevent a Repeat of the Gaza Holocaust," which was released on jihadist forums, SITE Intelligence Group said on Monday.

The video contains excerpts from speeches from other Al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid and Abu Yahya al-Libi, the group noted.      In a reference to the economic crisis, Gadahn said that "the enemy, under the leadership of the unbelieving West, has begun to stagger and falter, and the results of his unabated
bleeding have begun to show on his economies, which are on the brink of failure."

He attributes the crisis to "the grace of Allah, and then, the huge sacrifices of your sons, the mujahideen, who are eager for you to stand by their side and reinforce them with money and men."

Gadahn dismisses efforts by the administration of US president Barack Obama to mend fences with the Muslim world, arguing that nothing in the US approach has changed since the presidency of George W Bush.