
StoryGraph Biggest Story 2022-08-02 -- osama bin laden (13), al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri (13), drone strike (12), a senior administration official (10), 11, 2001 (10)
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How Joe Biden and his team decided to kill the world's most wanted terrorist
Before he gave the order to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, President Joe Biden wanted to intimately understand where the al Qaeda leader was hiding.
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Who is al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri?
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al Qaeda leader who was once a deputy to Osama bin Laden and a key planner of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan over the we…
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Biden touts strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri: ‘Justice has been delivered’
President Biden on Monday hailed the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, a key planner of the 9/11 attacks, whom the United States targeted in a drone strike over the weekend in Afghanist…
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U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
“Justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more,” said President Joe Biden.
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U.S. Operation Killed al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahri, Biden Says
Ayman al-Zawahri, who has led al-Qaida since Osama bin Laden's death in 2011, has been killed in a U.S. military operation.
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Killed at 71, Ayman al-Zawahri Led a Life of Secrecy and Violence
A radicalized physician, he was seen as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.
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US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan
The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech from the White House.
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US successfully kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul drone strike
The United States successfully undertook “a precision counterterrorism operation” in Afghanistan targeting and killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was sheltering in a safe house in Kabul, a senior administration told reporters Monday.
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Who was al Qaeda leader and key 9/11 architect Ayman al-Zawahiri?
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's death at the hands of a US drone strike brings an end to his "trail of murder and violence against American citizens," President Joe Biden said Monday evening.
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Report: U.S. Kills al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Drone Strike
The United States has reportedly killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike that had no civilian casualties.
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Opinion | Even in Success, Why Biden’s Victory Lap Will be Short
The al-Zawahri news signals a real achievement, but also raises a worrisome question.
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Biden hails killing of al-Zawahri: ‘This terrorist leader is no more’
The president confirmed the killing of the al Qaeda leader and pledged more vigilance.
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Al-Zawahri, an Egyptian surgeon who became a mastermind of jihad against the West
Ayman Al-Zawahri more than anyone shaped al-Qaida, first as Osama bin Laden’s deputy since 1998, then as his successor.
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U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader
The strike, carried out over the weekend, was the first attack since American forces left Afghanistan last year.
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