
“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. He also reminded citizens that Zawahiri was the mastermind of several other terrorist attacks including the suicide bombing of the USS Cole naval destroyer in Aden in October 2000 in which 17 US soldiers were killed. īiden further added that Zawahiri’s death would bring closure to the families of the victims of 9/11 attacks.

Happening Now: President Biden addresses the nation on a successful counterterrorism operation. Both were responsible for plotting the 9/11 attacks and became of US’ most wanted terrorists. The slain terrorist took over as the al-Qaeda chief following the death of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad in 2011. #BREAKING Biden says killing of Al-Qaeda chief will bring "closure" to 9/11 families /0XLfbMzHH5 Zawahiri’s other family members were present but only the terror mastermind was killed in the mission. Zawahiri was standing on the balcony of a safe house when a drone fired two missiles at him. On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the emir of al-Qa’ida: Ayman al-Zawahiri. Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said. “(Ayman al-Zawahiri) carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out an operation killing Ayman al-Zawahiri outside Kabul on Sunday.


The United States on Tuesday killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan, US president Joe Biden confirmed.
