at the time of 9/11, the man who took over as al-qaeda leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach churning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the fraters of al-qaeda and groups like that, toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety. and how we got there, we are now looking back, and it seems like a straight shot. but if you dropped in anytime in his biography, you wouldn t know if he was going there. he was trained as a doctor, he was trained as a surgeon. he was from a respected family in egypt, born and raised in cairo. by the time he was 15 years old, he was a committed radical, that wanted to try to impose islamic theocracy by force. he formed his first terrorist cell, with the aim of overthrowing the government of egypt, when he was only 15 years old. when islamic militants did assassinate egypt s president, anwar
The al-qaeda organization in the lead up to 9/11, was the reason we started with ended up to be america s longest war in afghanistan. it is one of the hallmark injuries of that warren afghanistan, and the following war in iraq that veterans had toxic exposures, including exposures to burn pits, which was not an act of the enemy but an act of the u.s. military. this was something that was, in effect, a friendly fire inflicted injury by something that the u.s. military did. it always seemed to impart a sort of moral imperative to the requirement of the u.s. government, to make sure that we make it right, other veterans who are hurt by that. do you, as it stands tonight, have confidence that this bill is going to pass? i sure hope it does, because it s the right thing to do, i don t need to go back, as you ve laid it out very well rachel, these folks went to a place that is far different and his country is served, followed
The air. with a big red deceased across the bottom of it now. what we know is this. ayman al-zawahiri was back in afghanistan, which itself is a story. he was in a well-off neighborhood in the capital city of kabul. the new york times and the washington post are reporting that the house where he was killed was owned by a senior member of that taliban government, known for having links to al-qaeda. the man s name is haqqani, which is a familiar name when it comes to kidnappings, terrorist attacks, and mass murder in afghanistan, over the past 20 plus years. while the u.s. military no longer has anyone in afghanistan, the u.s. government was apparently able to obtain intelligence on zawahiri whereabouts s dating back for several months. they were specifically able to get information on the pattern of life at the house where they knew he was staying. dating all the way back to april, and the reason that is important, the reason they re
He and osama bin laden, from that point forward, were no longer just fellow travelers and compatriots, now, as of june 2001, al-qaeda was it. zawahiri was bin laden s second in command. and also, informally, his brain. his strategic thinker, his ideological guide, his doctor, the chief operating officer of al-qaeda. two days before the 9/11 attacks, in an operation masterminded by zawahiri, a man named ahmad shah massoud was assassinated. he was the leader of the northern alliance in afghanistan. he was the strongest leader in that country opposed to the taliban. zawahiri wiped him out on september 9th, 2001, doing a huge favor to the taliban. and getting the taliban to himself, essentially. and then, two days later, they rain down hell on the united states of america on september 11th, 2001, in pennsylvania, in new york city, and the pentagon.
Killed by a u.s. drone strike in kabul, in afghanistan. that news being confirmed by the president tonight, remarks from the white house, 20 years and ten months after the attacks of 9/11 killed 3000 americans on u.s. soil. we have very much ahead or tonight, on this busy news night. stay with us. got my hair got my head