Posted on 08/01/2022 8:21:09 PM PDT by Morgana
The United States killed al Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike Saturday, following a more than 20-year effort to assassinate the terrorist.
Labeled by US officials as Osama bin Laden’s number-two, al-Zawahiri, 71, was a key plotter of the September 11 terrorist attacks and took over as the leader of the notorious terror group following bin Laden’s death in 2011.
The strike was carried out early Sunday at an Afghanistan safe house the elderly terrorist had be holed up in, at 6:18 am local time and 9:48 pm Saturday in the US.
The early morning attack saw al-Zawahiri killed by two hellfire missiles fired from drones deployed by the CIA, as he stood on the balcony of the safe house in downtown Kabul.
The Egyptian-born jihadist apparently proceeded to linger on the landing, as U.S. intelligence had noted he often did, allowing the drone ample time to execute the attack.
The mission, officials said, took six months to plan - but served as the culmination of a much wider, carefully coordinated campaign to track down and kill the al Qaeda head, who had successfully evaded US armed forces up until this point.
The slaying came more than 11 years after Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by U.S. Navy Seals on May 2, 2011, in a more hands on, drone-less strike that came after a nearly decade-long hunt for the 9/11 mastermind.
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It probably took Joe 6 months to approve the strike. Recall he drug his feet on OBL before Obama finally nutted up and pulled the trigger.
Yep, afraid of killing his associates and family. Should have taken out the entire house 6 months ago.
Hmm.... I had no idea of such range
That is one possibility the Taliban allowed it. I am more inclined to believe the kill shot came from a one time stealth drone flight.
That’ll be the last time the wife makes him step out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette.
Observe the entire operation until you can roll up almost all the leadership.
“Closer to elections?
Distraction from recession and inflation?
Negotiating 10% for the big guy?”
Exactly. This was a trump card BidenCo was holding in their back pocket. Not to be pulled out until needed.
'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,' President Biden said yesterday.
Interesting Biden would say THAT.
Fully loaded jet aircrafts like the 787 can fly for 17 hours without refueling.
Good riddance. If the intel apparatus worked for the US instead of the DNC factions, this would have happened years ago.
"Got a light?"
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Likely they have known where he was for 10 years.
We are talking Biden here. The guy who gave up Seal Team 6 as a target.
Same here. Remember when Bin Laden was taken out, they had 2 teams going in because of the intelligence bonanza to be obtained from computers, hard-drives, phones, etc. But for this guy - Osama's right-hand? No, we'll just use a drone-launched veg-o-matic and that's all.
No team going in for any intel? Bull.
Sounds more like he wasn't active at all anymore, we knew where he was at all times, and team-Biden wanted the PR value and a change in the narrative. So they offed what was now an easy target, and made a production out of the announcement for that value.
Don't get me wrong - glad this guy's not wasting oxygen any longer. But color me skeptical.
Well… they took more than 20 years to get this guy. Does anybody else wonder just how the hell it could take the “Intelligence Community” that long to nail this slime ball?
Hi.
For many years al-Zawahiri was seen visiting a coffee shop near the Hyatt Regency on Alexandria Desert Rd in Cairo.
Just saying
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