![]() ![]() “We must continue our coordinated effort to defeat Al Qaeda and deny them financing, recruiting tools, and safe haven,” Sen. When allowed to do their jobs, we have the most advanced and lethal military and covert operations forces in the world.” “I commend the dedicated planning and execution of this successful mission. servicemembers and innocent civilians on his hands,” Sen. “Al-Zawahiri led al-Qaeda for over a decade and has the blood of far too many U.S. Members of Congress quickly commended the White House for the successful operation. The terrorist leader’s death will deal a “significant blow” to Al Qaeda’s ability to plan attacks against the United States, the official said. “To the families that lost fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and coworkers on that searing September day, it is my hope that this decisive action will bring one more measure of closure,” Biden said. 11 terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people. “He made good on that with this action.”Īl-Zawahiri, who had served as bin Laden’s deputy, was involved in the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, according to the FBI, and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. ![]() “Even as the president ended two decades of war in Afghanistan by getting American men and women out of harm's way there, he promised that we would establish a capacity outside the country to identify and address terrorist threats to Americans,” the official said. government would struggle to conduct missions and collect intelligence from “over the horizon”-i.e., outside the country. The departure of Western troops raised concerns that the U.S. The strike against al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden after the al-Qaeda founder was killed by Navy SEALs in 2011, is the first major American military action in Afghanistan since the military withdrew last August. The official said there were “zero” American personnel on the ground in Afghanistan during the operation. The official declined to say which agency conducted the strike, saying that it was a “team effort” by the American government. Family members in other parts of the safe house were not harmed, and there are no indications that any other civilians were hurt in the strike, a senior administration official said. Eastern time on July 30, hitting al-Zawahiri when he stepped onto a balcony, the official said. “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,” Biden said in a televised prime-time address.Īn unmanned aerial vehicle launched two Hellfire missiles at a safe house in Kabul just before 10 p.m. drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said Monday. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.S.
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