{"id":157052,"date":"2022-08-02T12:37:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=157052"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:37:53","slug":"us-takes-out-al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/us-takes-out-al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US takes out al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed while standing on the balcony of his safe house in Afghanistan when a CIA drone sent two Hellfire missiles to pulverize the terror leader and plotter of the 9\/11 terror attacks.<\/p>

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The precision strike took place in the heart of downtown Kabul during the early hours Saturday, ending a 21-year manhunt for Osama bin Laden\u2019s successor and marking the most significant US counterterror operation since the 2019 slaying of ISIS commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.<\/p>\n

The terror leader had stepped onto his balcony in the Shirpur neighborhood of Kabul when the US drone fired two specially designed RX9 Hellfire missiles dubbed \u201csword bombs\u201d due to the blades that allow the weapon to tear through metal and walls without destroying entire structures.<\/p>

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President Biden confirmed al-Zawahiri\u2019s death during an evening address in which he declared, \u201cJustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cNow we make it clear again tonight, that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide: If you are a threat to our people, the United States will find you and take you out,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

Biden said of al-Zawahiri, \u201cFor decades, he was the mastermind behind the attacks against Americans, including the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, which killed 17 American sailors and wounded dozens more.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cHe played a key role, a key role in the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and wounding over 4,500 others. He carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens, American service members, American diplomats and American interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The drone strike confirmed al-Zawahiri\u2019s death near Kabul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

None of al-Zawahiri\u2019s family members were hurt and there were no civilian casualties, the president said, calling the mission to eliminate the terrorist leader a \u201ctotal success.\u201d<\/p>

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The president also warned: \u201cTo those around the world who have continued to seek to harm the United States, hear me now: We will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of Americans at home and around the globe.\u201d<\/p>

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Biden\u2019s remarks from the Blue Room balcony of the White House were reminiscent of President Barack Obama\u2019s late-night announcement of the death of bin Laden in Pakistan more than 11 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter relentlessly seeking Zawahiri for years under Presidents [George W.] Bush, Obama and [Donald] Trump, our intelligence community located Zawahiri earlier this year,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had moved to downtown Kabul to reunite with members of his immediate family.\u00a0After carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location, I authorized a precision strike to remove him from the battlefield once and for all.<\/p>\n

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This home is believed to be the residence of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThis mission was carefully planned and rigorously to minimize the risk of harm to other civilians.\u00a0And one week ago, after being advised the conditions were optimal, I gave the final approval to go get him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden added: \u201cWe will never again, never again allow Afghanistan to become a terrorist safe haven because he is gone. And we\u2019re going to make sure that nothing else happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, it can\u2019t be a launching pad against the United States. We\u2019re gonna see to it that won\u2019t happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation is a clear demonstration that we will, we can and will always make good on that\u00a0solid, solid pledge.<\/p>\n

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Osama bin Laden (left) sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2001.<\/figcaption>
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Ayman al-Zawahri was reportedly killed by a US strike over the weekend.<\/figcaption>
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Fox News, citing two intelligence sources, first reported on the death of the Egyptian-born surgeon who took over the terrorist group behind the Sept. 11 attacks after bin Laden was killed by Navy SEAL Team 6 in 2011.<\/p>\n

Al-Zawahiri had a $25 million bounty on his head\u00a0over his indictment in the 1998 embassy bombings.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also believed to have helped\u00a0coordinate the atrocities that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pa., 21 years ago, which were masterminded by bin Laden and planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and is being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending trial by a military tribunal.<\/p>\n

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Current and former officials began hearing Sunday afternoon that he\u2019d been killed in a drone strike, sources told the Associated Press, but the administration delayed releasing the information until his death could be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid\u00a0confirmed in a statement on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0Monday that a drone strike on a home in Kabul had taken place the day before.<\/p>\n

The house was owned by a top aide to senior Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior intelligence official told AP, raising questions about whether al-Zawahiri had received sanctuary from the Islamist group following the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.<\/p>\n

The official added that a CIA ground team and aerial reconnaissance conducted after the drone strike confirmed al-Zawahiri\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

A senior Biden administration official noted: \u201cHaqqani Taliban members took actions after the strike to conceal Zawahiri\u2019s former presence at the location.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have identified a concerted effort to restrict access to the safe house in the surrounding area for hours after the strike,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safe house used by Zawahiri is now empty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Taliban spokesman said, \u201cThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemns this attack on any pretext and calls it a clear violation of international principles and the Doha Agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch actions are a repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interests of the United States of America, Afghanistan and the region,\u201d Zabihullah wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepeating such actions will damage the available opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Al-Zawahiri ascended in al Qaeda after bin Laden was killed in 2011.<\/figcaption>
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Al-Zawahiri and bin Laden are believed to have met in the late 1980s, when al-Zawahiri reportedly treated the Saudi millionaire in the caves of Afghanistan as Soviet bombardments shook the mountains around them.<\/p>\n

Al-Zawahiri merged his group of Egyptian militants with bin Laden\u2019s al Qaeda in the 1990s, and photos from that period often showed the two men sitting side by side.<\/p>\n

Bin Laden provided al Qaeda with charisma and money, but al-Zawahiri brought tactics and organizational skills needed to forge militants into a network of cells in countries around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strong contingent of Egyptians [in al Qaeda] applied organizational know-how, financial expertise, and military experience to wage a violent jihad against leaders whom the fighters considered to be un-Islamic and their patrons, especially the United States,\u201d Steven A. Cook wrote for the Council on Foreign Relations last year.<\/p>\n

There have been rumors of al-Zawahiri\u2019s death for several years, but a video that surfaced in April showed him praising an Indian Muslim woman who had defied a ban on wearing a hijab, or headscarf.<\/p>\n

That footage was the first proof in months that he was still alive.<\/p>\n

As with bin Laden, al-Zawahiri\u2019s whereabouts had been unknown before the operation that led to his death, though the most common rumors placed him either in Afghanistan or in Pakistan\u2019s near-lawless tribal areas near the Afghan border.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n

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