Photo: This image obtained from the FBI shows the wanted poster for Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Yahiye Gadahn (AFP Photo/)
CNN: American mouthpiece for al Qaeda killed
(CNN)He was known as the American mouthpiece of al Qaeda, speaking against his native country on behalf of a terrorist organization that's devoted blood and resources to attacking it.
But not anymore.
The White House announced Thursday that Adam Gadahn, 36, was killed in January in a U.S. government counterterrorism operation. Neither he nor Ahmed Farouq -- another U.S. citizen and al Qaeda operative who died in what the White House said was "likely a separate" operation -- was specifically targeted, according to the statement.
Warren Weinstein, a U.S. citizen who was abducted by al Qaeda in Pakistan in 2011, died along with another hostage in the attack that killed Farouq, according to the White House.
More News On The Death Of Al Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn
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