my administration will continue to individually monitor violent threats from al-qaeda, no matter where they emanate from. as commander-in-chief, it is my solemn responsibility to make america safe in a dangerous world. the united states did not seek this war against terror, you came to us. we answered with the same principles and resolve that has shaped us for generation upon generation. to protect the innocent, defend liberty, and we keep the light of freedom burning a beacon for the rest of the entire world. this announcement today was rather unexpected, but quite huge in significance. and to understand just how pivotal zawahiri was to al qaeda, it is worth looking at some of his history. he was born into a prominent egyptian family, but in the 1960s, he joined up with the muslim brotherhood, and was eventually arrested as part of a plot to overthrow the government in the early 19 80s. and it is the torture that he experienced in that prison, that fully radicalized the yo
experienced in that prison, that fully radicalized the young man into the terrorist leader that we know today. he recounted being beaten, electrocuted, and even terrorized by wild dogs. and he spoke out forcefully back in 1982, about the torture he and his fellow radicals experienced. [speaking foreign language] who died as a result of negligence as a result of this treatment! the result of more than three days of severe torture. where is the one included in this case, but unfortunately, he s not here. do you know why? because they delivered his body to his family, because he died under torture. how zawahiri was eventually released from prison, and he pressed his follows to a