biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word deceased. al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the ground in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al zawahiri comes 11 years after u.s. forces masterfully took out osama bin laden, who was hiding in pakistan at the time. here s what president biden says about just how long this strike took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staf
this evening. justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that he was the mastermind at the bombing of the uss coal in 2000 which killed 17 u.s. sailors. the fbi just now updated its most wanted terrorist status for al-zawahiri with the word deceased. al-zawahiri was killed in a precise strike as the president on a balcony of a safe house with two hellfire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the grounds in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al-zawahiri comes
look to prosperous outstanding reporting on afghanistan when he was there working for the new york times. gentlemen, nice to see both of you today. when we begin with you, if i can dexter, because it s pretty unbelievable to think about where we are today, 11 years later. at the very least. and nearly 20 years since 9/11 now have the death of this top terrorist leader, you ve written about this, you ve written about afghanistan in particular. tell me why this is so significant? well, al-zawahiri was an old guy. and he was past his prime and not blowing a lot of things up but he was still an inspiration to the group. i want to say what really struck me about the strike was
took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staff writer, dexter fill kins who won a pulitzer prize for his reporting on afghanistan when he was working for the new york times. gentlemen, nice to see both of you today. let me begin with you, if i can, dexter. i mean, it s pretty unbelievable to think about where we are today 11 years later at the very least and nearly 20 years since 9/11 to now have the death of this top terrorist leader. you ve written about this. you ve studied the area. you ve written about afghanistan in particular.
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