President Biden Announces U.S. Killing Of Al-Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahri
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President Biden says the mission was carefully planned to minimize the risk of harm to al-Zawahri's family members and other civilians.
U.S. intelligence officials tracked down one of the FBI's most wanted — Ayman al-Zawahri — to downtown Kabul, Afghanistan and took him out in a drone strike over the weekend.
"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 Joe Biden said. "This mission was carefully planned, rigorously to minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. And one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, I gave the final approval to go get him. And the mission was a success. None of his family members were hurt, and there were no civilian casualties."
Al-Zawahri took over as Al-Qaeda's leader after a U.S. raid killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.
