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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.


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…


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…


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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. 


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.


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.


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.


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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