Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Calfironian Makes Terror Threats!

A video tape has surfaced in Pakistan of an American Californian making terror threats. It is belived he was Adam Yahiye Gadhan who is wanted by the FBI. He referred the the events of September 11th as blessed events and made threats against Los Angelos and Austrailia. In the 75 minute tape Adam Gadhan went on to call President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair liars and issued a warning. He also made reference to the attacks in London, Madrid. The CIA had no immediate comment on the video.

This event is smiliar to the story of Benedict Arnold. He was a brave soldier on the American side of the Revolutionary War. He aided in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and was later even promoted to Brigadier General. However Benedict Arnold schemed to hand over Fort Westpoint to the British. His British contact was caught with incriminating documents in Arnold's handwriting including access ways to the fort. Benedict Arnold upon fleeing to Canada admitted his treason to the United States in a letter to Washington.


The Article: ABC has tape of man making terror threats

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

A little thin. Try using a more substantial article to analyze. Also, don't make historical comparisons to something that only happened a couple of years ago. The historical event should be older than you. There are any number of spies from the past to which you could compare this--the Rosenbergs, Benedict Arnold. Finally, you used a good link to the article, try adding more, such as one to the historical event.

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