Blitzed on his balcony: How CIA spied on Ayman al-Zawahiri for six months before pounding terror chief with two Hellfire missiles when he stepped out of Kabul home and 'lingered'

Daily Mail UK ^ | August 1, 2022 | Alex Hammer

[shotgun]

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.

[1Old Pro]

We spied on him for six months before taking him out? Some one please tell my why so long?

Yep, afraid of killing his associates and family. Should have taken out the entire house 6 months ago.

[bert]

Hmm.... I had no idea of such range

[EVO X]

Only a fool thinks the Taliban didn’t know of or sanction a drone loitering in their airspace.

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.

[moovova]

That’ll be the last time the wife makes him step out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette.

[Jumper]

Observe the entire operation until you can roll up almost all the leadership.

[moovova]

“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.

[gitmo]

'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.

[EVO X]

Hmm.... I had no idea of such range

Fully loaded jet aircrafts like the 787 can fly for 17 hours without refueling.

[SunkenCiv]

Good riddance. If the intel apparatus worked for the US instead of the DNC factions, this would have happened years ago.

[dfwgator]

That’ll be the last time the wife makes him step out on the balcony to smoke a cigarette.

"Got a light?"

[SunkenCiv]

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[GOPJ]

Good riddance. If the intel apparatus worked for the US instead of the DNC factions, this would have happened years ago.

...

BINGO!

[Zathras]

Likely they have known where he was for 10 years.

[mware]

We are talking Biden here. The guy who gave up Seal Team 6 as a target.

[Be Free]

Suspicious Cat remains, well, suspicious…

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.

[Pennsyltucky Boy]

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?

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

For many years al-Zawahiri was seen visiting a coffee shop near the Hyatt Regency on Alexandria Desert Rd in Cairo.

Just saying

5.56mm