FOUND: 36 - What They Never Told You

'Ninja' Hellfire missiles 'like a bladed anvil' chopped up doomed Al-Qaeda leader

The US Hellfire missiles, which use blades instead of explosive warheads, used in the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri were tested and perfected in counter-terrorism operations in Syria

Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022

Ties Between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban... Will ISIS benefit from the Rupture?

After having killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone that hit the home he had been hiding in Kabul, the United States has, to a large extent, finished avenging the 9/11 attacks. The perpetrators were killed in bloody attacks, and Osama bin Laden was then killed by Navy…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 3, 2022

Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after U.S. says Zawahiri killed

Leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the United States said killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, three sources in the group said.

Reuters · Aug 3, 2022

The downside: US strike shows Afghanistan still terror base

The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

The Killing of Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri: How it Happened

Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony. But the US government had not given up…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 2, 2022

Fears 'ninja' airstrike that wiped out al-Qaeda leader will spark fresh attacks on West

Intelligence and terrorism experts warned Ayman al-Zawahiri's death, although welcome revenge for thousands of deaths of civilians, signals a new threat to the world

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

Little-Known Modified Hellfire Likely Killed Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri

Little-known modified Hellfire likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri Two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone killed the leader of al-Qaeda, causing surprisingly little damage beyond the target, suggesting they may be a version shrouded in secrecy and used by the United States to avoid non-combatant casualties. Officials said the missiles…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 2, 2022

Killing of Zawahiri gives beleaguered Joe Biden rare political win

US political leaders applaud drone strike as president, battered by inflation, war in Ukraine and Roe ruling, seeks upturn in fortunes

The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2022

Zawahiri’s killing was a Biden play for popularity – but it may have unintended consequences

The death of the al-Qaida leader points to a potential shift, says Chatham House associate fellow Hameed Hakimi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022

Zawahiri's militant path surprised neighbours in Cairo suburb

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, seemed harmless to neighbours when he was a young man growing up in a leafy Cairo suburb.

Reuters · Aug 2, 2022