Top Al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri killed in Afghanistan by US drone strike — Biden to deliver speech on slaying
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Top Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed over the weekend in Afghanistan while hiding out at the home of an Afghan government official and Taliban member, the New York Times reported. According to reports, President Joe Biden, who was isolated with a rebound infection of COVID-19, authorized...
    • edwardligma [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      "what the hell, we kill their leader and they just go and appoint another one? not fair"

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Dude was 79 and had already outlived his wife.

      They basically bombed an old folks home.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Hasn't he also been killed before? I swear I've seen his name mentioned before as someone who'd been killed

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          You might be thinking of:

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi

          I think there might have been a TrueAnon or Chapo about him, specifically surrounding how he was caught and released in a peculiar manner. Lots of :cia: shit surrounding him.