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US takes out Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in 'successful' Afghanistan counterterrorism operation
Fox News ^ | August 1, 2022 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 08/01/2022 2:42:56 PM PDT by Coronal

The United States conducted a "successful" counterterrorism operation against a "significant" Al Qaeda target Ayman Al Zawahiri in Afghanistan over the weekend, a senior administration official told Fox News.

President Biden on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. E.T. is expected to address the nation from the White House on the operation.

"Over the weekend, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation against a significant Al Qaeda target in Afghanistan," the senior administration official told Fox News Monday. "The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties."

Two intelligence sources tell Fox News Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri was killed in the CIA drone strike.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1951; afghanistan; alqaeda; alzawahiri; aymaalzawahiri; aymalalzahawri; aymanalzahawi; braking; egypt; egyptianislamicjihad; eij; electionyear; neocons4biden; scrolldown; usembassiesbombings; usembassybombings; wagthedog; zawahiri
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To: HollyB

Dead terrorists are fine with me.


141 posted on 08/01/2022 5:45:08 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Coronal

Is Al-Qaeda our enemy again? This is so confusing.


142 posted on 08/01/2022 6:06:39 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: TheEditor

Election year stunt.


143 posted on 08/01/2022 6:07:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Coronal

Let’s see if Biden gets as much heat as Trump did when he took out Qassem Soleimani


144 posted on 08/01/2022 6:11:50 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It’s terrible we got to this point in American society, but I have my doubts too. The government always lies, and the timing with this and China’s saber rattling over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip is all too convenient.


145 posted on 08/01/2022 6:23:16 PM PDT by SlipperySlope99
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To: maddog55
Instead we leave $80+billion in equipment behind to support their efforts.


146 posted on 08/01/2022 6:24:59 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: dfwgator

So you’re in *favor* of Islamists trying to kill us and letting them get away with it.

Gotcha.


147 posted on 08/01/2022 6:29:36 PM PDT by TheEditor
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To: TheEditor

Why would you say that. I’m not saying I’m going to miss the scumbag, but this is what it is.


148 posted on 08/01/2022 6:30:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rovenstinez
Sounds like Biden wants to go back into Afghanistan

See? SEE? It was all a feint; THAT'S why we left all the equipment there! Now we don't have to haul it back!

Biden The Brilliant in action!

149 posted on 08/01/2022 6:33:57 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: dfwgator

I don’t care if it’s an election year stunt or not. If it is, so much the better! That means future presidents will have an incentive to kill *more* Islamists.

That’s a good thing, not a bad thing. And if a Dem is doing it then it means he’s moving in *my* direction.


150 posted on 08/01/2022 6:45:13 PM PDT by TheEditor
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To: TheEditor

Fine. Won’t make a hill of beans of difference, but the Rats get their little celebration out of it. Meanwhile, they’ll just let more muslim terrorists into the country. So forgive me for not cheering.


151 posted on 08/01/2022 6:46:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

It’s never a bad time to cheer Islamists dying violently.


152 posted on 08/01/2022 7:06:57 PM PDT by TheEditor
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To: Coronal

That is true, but he isn’t much of a threat anymore.


153 posted on 08/01/2022 7:09:05 PM PDT by dforest
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To: dfwgator

“Makes Bush look real bad, though, he couldn’t get either one.”

Didn’t help that the Democrats were playing for the other side at the time.

I seem to recall in early 2002 that it was leaked to the NYTimes that we could track the terrorists through their cellphone use. Within an hour of the paper hitting news stands, every AQ cellphone went dead.


154 posted on 08/01/2022 7:10:14 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Maybe we did, maybe we didn’t. It’s the CIA, Crooks In Action…


155 posted on 08/01/2022 7:22:34 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: Husker24
I thought we killed him years ago.

We did. But he needed killing again.

156 posted on 08/01/2022 7:24:42 PM PDT by SisterK (the final variant is communism)
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To: Coronal

They haven’t been any kind of threat in years and I really don’t believe they were totally responsible for 9/11 in any event. Too sophisticated for these guys to plan and execute.


157 posted on 08/01/2022 7:26:27 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Coronal

Guy must have been older than dirt and past his expiration date even when Obama was Perez. But they didn’t go after him then because his brother was the leader of Obama’s and Hillary’s buddies, the Muslim Brotherhood nutters, in Egypt’s “Arab Spring.”


158 posted on 08/01/2022 7:42:17 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Coronal
9/11 was nearly 21 years ago. I remember how this site was then. When it comes to the demise of Al Queda's leadership, my politics stops at the water's edge.

Certifying Zawahiri's death certificate was long overdue. Now when does the autopsy get released?

I am interested in the detailed description of his injuries, preferably both highly ballistic and extremely excessive.

159 posted on 08/01/2022 7:50:00 PM PDT by Widget Jr (Disobey your television.)
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To: Widget Jr

Pictures or it didn’t happen.


160 posted on 08/01/2022 7:51:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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