1: ( CNN ) Ahmed Farouq did n't have the prestige of fellow al Qaeda figure Osama bin Laden , the influence of Anwar al-Awlaki , or the notoriety of Adam Gadahn . 2: Before that , Farouq was the deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent , or AQIS , a branch of the Islamist extremist group that formed in recent years . 3: Like Adam Gadahn , Farouq was American and part of al Qaeda .
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