in a strike that s to some degree explanatory apart from targeting an american citizen. ahmed farouq yes, as you say, al qaeda in the indian subcontinent not a particularly well-known offshoot not behind as far as ascertained operations that made headlines that much. said to be engaged in setting up islamic caliphate in india, bangladesh, that region and subservient. very little known about them. of course there will be a lot of scrutiny about ahmed farouq s level of seniority, what level of transparency there is about why he was chosen to be hidden in that particular compound. two, bear in mind administration quite clear they were not specifically targeting ahmed farouq when they hit the compound where these two aid workers tragically lost their lives. exactly who it was and what pattern of behavior they had seen there to make them think
tragic tragic counter-terrorism operation that went wrong in which an american hostage warren weinstein and italian national giovanni lo porto were killed as well as these two high value al qaeda targets adam gadahn and ahmed farouq. ahmed farouq not as well-known nick paton walsh. he s somebody said to be the deputy emir of a new al qaeda offshoot al qaeda indian subcontinent adam gadahn nick very well-known to those who follow national security stories. let s deal initially with farouq gadahn a well-known al qaeda member prevalent in a lot of propaganda american citizen, million dollar award out for information leading to his capture. a high-profile figure. we can accept if the u.s. was aware they were going after him