article_snippet.sent: The White House announced Thursday that Adam Gadahn, 36, was killed in January in a U.S. government counterterrorism operation.
article_snippet.sent: Adam Gadahn, 36, was killed in January in a U.S. government counterterrorism operation Adam Gadahn, 36, was killed in January in a U.S. government counterterrorism operation was specifically targeted, according to the statement.
article_snippet.sent: While The White House wasn't one of al Qaeda top leaders, Gadahn was one of The White House most prominent members, given The White House many statements on behalf of the organization.
article_snippet.sent: A former al Qaeda member who later grew disillusioned with the group told CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank that Paul Cruickshank was tasked with greeting Gadahn at Peshawar airport in September 1998.
article_snippet.sent: The former operative said that after Gadahn joined al Qaeda, Gadahn was known as Abu Suhayb.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn emerged in the mid-2000s on al Qaeda's videos, including ones threatening attacks on Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn urged Muslims to target American, Western and Jewish interests with hopes of toppling the regime in Pakistan, according to SITE, a group that monitors terrorists and terror activity online.
article_snippet.sent: A federal grand jury in California indicted Gadahn in 2006 for treason and material support to al Qaeda's, charges related to al Qaeda's alleged involvement in terrorist activities that included "providing aid and comfort" and other services to al Qaeda's, the FBI said.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn appeared in videos commemorating the 9/11 attacks, some which included al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn urged Muslims in the United States to stage Muslims in the United States own lone-wolf attacks.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn final video was posted online in September 2014 by al Qaeda media wing al Sahab.
article_snippet.sent: Gadahn called for Muslims to work to overthrow governments in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
article_snippet.sent: Cruickshank said Gadahn had begun to play an increasingly prominent institutional role inside al Qaeda.
article_snippet.sent: Among the documents recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad after Osama bin Laden'sdeath was a 2011 letter from Gadahn making recommendations for al Qaeda media strategy.
highlights_snippet.sent: In his final known video, Adam Gadahn called for governments of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to be overthrown .
  