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The killing of Al-Qaeda's leader

The US killed the leader of al-Qaeda overnight in a drone strike in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden said Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in Kabul on. Eoin was joined by author of ‘The New Threat:...

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17.41 2 Aug 2022


The killing of Al-Qaeda's leader


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17.41 2 Aug 2022


The US killed the leader of al-Qaeda overnight in a drone strike in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden said Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in Kabul on. Eoin was joined by author of ‘The New Threat: The Past, Present, and Future of Islamic Militancy’ Jason Burke, who is also the Africa Correspondent for The Guardian.


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