DUBAI - An American convert to Islam who is the English-language spokesman for Al-Qaeda said President George W. Bush is "losing big time" militarily and demanded the withdrawal of US troops from Muslim land, in a video posted on the Internet Tuesday.
"You're losing on all fronts and losing big time," Adam Gadahn said in the video entitled 'Legitimate Demands' that was produced by As-Sahab, a media outfit that specialises in Al-Qaeda online material.
Gadahn -- sporting a headress, glasses and long beard -- said Bush had "embroiled his nation in a series of unwinable and bloody conflicts in the Islamic world."
Gadahn, who has been indicted for treason by a US jury, warned the US to withdraw its troops from Muslim soil or "experience things that will make you forget all about the horrors of September 11, Afghanistan and Iraq, and Virginia Tech."
Korean-born gunman Cho Seung-hui last month shot dead 32 people at Virginia Tech university before turning the gun on himself.
Gadahn also called on the US to cease support for the "bastard state of Israel" and the "56-plus apostate regimes of the Muslim world".
Born in 1978, Gadahn is a native of southern California and has appeared in several videotapes for Al-Qaeda since 2004.
Gadahn's conversion to Islam came after he began attending the Islamic Center of Orange County, where he is believed to have come under the influence of two foreign-born Islamic radicals.
Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki and Azzam the American, said the demands he put forward were not up for discussion with President Bush.
"We don't negotiate with war criminals and baby killers like you. No, these are legitimate demands which must be met," he said.
05/29/2007 20:39 GMT