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U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader
The New York Times ^ | Aug 1, 2022 | Peter Baker, Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt

Posted on 08/02/2022 5:55:27 AM PDT by Salman

WASHINGTON — An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death, at an urban safe house in Afghanistan, President Biden announced on Monday night.

The early-morning strike in the heart of downtown Kabul over the weekend capped a 21-year manhunt for an Egyptian radical who more than anyone besides Bin Laden was deemed responsible for the deadliest foreign attack on the United States in modern times and never gave up targeting Americans.

“Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” Mr. Biden said in a seven-minute nationally televised address from the White House. “We make it clear again tonight,” he added, “that 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.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; war
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An act of war. We are still at war against Afghanistan. I wonder how much collateral damage.

Do we really have the tight to take out bad guys anywhere any time?

The USA is a rogue nation.

1 posted on 08/02/2022 5:55:27 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman
Do we really have the tight to take out bad guys anywhere any time?

You disagreed when Trump took out Qassim Suleimani?
2 posted on 08/02/2022 5:57:59 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: Salman

It’s always the same top leader, and we need to take their word for it.


3 posted on 08/02/2022 5:58:10 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Salman

The Taliban was in on the hit. Fugitaboutit.


4 posted on 08/02/2022 5:58:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Salman

So number one is gone. Now number two gets a promotion. Meet the new boss…


5 posted on 08/02/2022 5:59:15 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Salman
Do we really have the tight to take out bad guys anywhere any time?

When the targets are the planners of the terror attack that killed 3,000+ Americans, yes.

6 posted on 08/02/2022 5:59:52 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: Salman

Sarcasm?


7 posted on 08/02/2022 6:00:40 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: ScottinVA

My guess is the Taliban got much $$$$$ to sanction the hit.


8 posted on 08/02/2022 6:01:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Salman

I would have preferred that they level the entire house to pebbles. That would make the associates who are being trained fearful of being around him.


9 posted on 08/02/2022 6:02:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Salman

I am not believing anything FJB/The Regime says these days. Suspicious timing among other things.

Joe Biden Delivers a Jumbled Word Salad after Claiming, Under Extremely Suspect Circumstances, the U.S Killed Ayman Al Zawahiri

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/01/joe-biden-delivers-a-jumbled-word-salad-after-claiming-under-extremely-suspect-circumstances-the-u-s-killed-ayman-al-zawahiri/


10 posted on 08/02/2022 6:02:39 AM PDT by Qiviut (#standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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My guess is the Taliban got much $$$$$ to sanction the hit.

Or... tipped the CIA off as to his whereabouts in exchange for economic aid.

11 posted on 08/02/2022 6:03:26 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: Salman

Yeah, sure, where’s the proof?


12 posted on 08/02/2022 6:03:44 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ScottinVA
Or... tipped the CIA off as to his whereabouts in exchange for economic aid.

Both could be true.

13 posted on 08/02/2022 6:04:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Salman

Well seeing that Quisling Joe Biden is the number one threat to the American people, maybe he should take himself out (and also the Gaystapo at the FBI). /spit


14 posted on 08/02/2022 6:05:15 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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As much as we hate most of the policies of Obama and Biden, we should support them when they authorize the destruction of these terrorists. Let’s not become so blind sided that we don’t recognize the occasional good that our opposition does. Let’s not become like the left and cancel every thing we don’t understand. Sept 11th happened and 3000 innocent people were killed by these demonic terrorists!


15 posted on 08/02/2022 6:09:09 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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Dead x 2


16 posted on 08/02/2022 6:09:12 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: TexasGunLover
You disagreed when Trump took out Qassim Suleimani?

Yes I did. Also when Hillary took out Kaddafi. etc

Being against war crimes shouldn't be a partisan issue.

17 posted on 08/02/2022 6:11:33 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

Or, his severe asthma killed him back in 2020.
sun.uk


18 posted on 08/02/2022 6:11:43 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

I couldn’t agree more. Killing a terrorist is always a good thing.


19 posted on 08/02/2022 6:11:47 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: Salman

How is killing a terrorist a “war crime?” Al-Zawahiri was al-Qaeda, not a state actor.


20 posted on 08/02/2022 6:12:54 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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