{"id":1583583,"date":"2022-08-01T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583583"},"modified":"2022-08-01T19:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:55:56","slug":"us-kills-ayman-al-zawahiri-leader-of-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-kills-ayman-al-zawahiri-leader-of-al-qaeda\/","title":{"rendered":"US Kills Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Leader Of Al Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-kills-ayman-al-zawahiri-leader-of-al-qaeda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House said Monday it successfully conducted \u201ca counterterrorism operation\u201d over the weekend that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, senior administration officials told reporters during a background call, was conducted at 9:48 p.m. Eastern time July 30 \u2013 or 6:18 a.m Kabul time July 31 \u2013 and carried out \u201cby an unmanned aerial vehicle.\u201d It was the result of several months of \u201ccareful, patient and persistent work,\u201d one official added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have multiple intelligence sources, via multiple methods, that have been able to confirm that this was al-Zawahiri and that we were successful in achieving our objective,\u201d the official said, declining to detail specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Zawahiri helped plan the 9\/11 attacks and took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/01\/politics\/joe-biden-counter-terrorism\/index.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zawahiri also helped orchestrate multiple other <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/08\/15\/al-qaeda-no-2-speaks-on-gaza-flotilla-incident\/\">attacks<\/a> against U.S. targets over the years. A senior administration official described Zawahiri as \u201ca significant Al Qaeda target\u201d in a statement earlier Monday. Officials maintained that the air strike resulted in no civilian casualties. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/report-osama-bin-laden-documents-didnt-expect-war-9-11\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0REPORT: Documents From Osama Bin Laden Indicate He Never Expected America To Go To War After 9\/11)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zawahiri and his family moved to a safe house in Afghanistan within the past year, and though it\u2019s believed that he never left the compound, he would often hang out on a balcony, according to a senior administration official. Ultimately, the U.S. government was able to kill Zawahiri on July 30 as he was on that balcony, and none of his family members are believed to have died as a result of the air strike.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7491173\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7491173\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7491173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: A photo of Al Qaeda&#039;s new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, is seen in this still image taken from a video released on September 12, 2011. SITE Monitoring Service\/Handout via REUTERS TV\/File Photo THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA-201x120.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA-620x370-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA-768x459-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA-1536x918-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T221056Z_738962837_RC2H1U7DCDDO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-DRONE-CIA-2048x1224-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7491173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: A photo of Al Qaeda\u2019s new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, is seen in this still image taken from a video released on September 12, 2011. SITE Monitoring Service\/Handout via REUTERS TV\/File Photo THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHis death deals a significant blow to al Qaeda,\u201d the official told reporters, adding that the safe house \u201cis now empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The operation followed many months of research and planning, and the senior administration official explained that \u201conly a very small group of officials were aware\u201d of the intelligence and planning.<\/p>\n<p>Biden received several briefings throughout the operation\u2019s planning and ultimately had a final briefing July 25. The senior administration official cautioned that \u201cwe should not be surprised if\u201d the former al Qaeda leader \u201cfilmed additional videos that may be released after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden gave remarks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/11\/29\/ap-exclusive-close-calls-for-al-qaidas-no-2\/\">operation<\/a> at the White House on Monday evening, which comes as the U.S. nears its one-year anniversary of the Afghanistan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/19\/biden-administration-review-afghan-withdrawal-delay-sent-back\/\">withdrawal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House said Monday it successfully conducted \u201ca counterterrorism operation\u201d over the weekend that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.The operation, senior administration officials told reporters during a background<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}