al-Qaeda leader killed by US airstrike

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H. Huet, A. Bard, @RevelateursFTV, N. Pagnotta – France 3

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US President Joe Biden has confirmed the death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was killed in an American drone strike in Kabul (Afghanistan) on Sunday July 31.

Ayman Al-Zawahiri was America’s number one public enemy. Sunday, July 31, in Kabul (Afghanistan), the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was alone on his balcony at 6:18 a.m. Photographs are presented as the location of the strike by Western media. According to a senior US official, a drone fired two missiles devoid of explosives but with six blades that slice through the target. A high-precision weapon that would explain the lack of impact on the balcony.

On the night of Monday August 1 to Tuesday August 2, from the White House in Washington, Joe Biden confirmed the death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri. “For the past few weeks, he has been making videos calling on his followers to attack the United States and our allies. Today, justice has been served and this terrorist leader is no more”said the American president.

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