violent and brutal attacks back in egypt including and especially horrific massacre at the look surrogates, which would leave more than 60 people dead, including a five year old girl. the young terrorist first met osama bin laden, where he was in the whiting fire, waging war against the soviets in afghanistan. the two men would quickly become close. if you recognize al-zawahiri, it is likely as the right-hand man, always sitting next to bin laden in photographs, as if to show the world how close he was to the head of al-qaeda. he ingratiated himself to bin laden becoming his closest confidant, as well as his personal physician. back in 2011, when bin laden was killed in a u.s. raid, al-zawahiri took over as the de facto leader of al qaeda, but he never achieved the notoriety of his predecessor. al-zawahiri was more intellectual and less charismatic than the reviled
including a five year old girl. the young terrorist first met osama bin laden, where he was in the whiting fire, waging war against the soviets in afghanistan. the two men would quickly become close. if you recognize al-zawahiri, it is likely as the right-hand man, always sitting next to bin laden in photographs, as if to show the world how close he was to the head of al-qaeda. he ingratiated himself to bin laden becoming his closest confidant, as well as his personal physician. back in 2011, when bin laden was killed in a u.s. raid, al-zawahiri took over as the de facto leader of al qaeda, but he never achieved the notoriety of his predecessor. al-zawahiri was more intellectual and less charismatic than the reviled terrorist who came before him, and he was plagued by ill health for most of his tenure in charge of the terrorist group. for a while, it was unclear if
0 continues success in a recovery and trip back home. mayah strong is right. and on that beautiful note, i wish you all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. good evening from new york, i m charles blow in for chris hayes, in the last half hour president biden just formally announced that the united states has killed the head of al-qaeda, almond oil safari. he was killed in a on saturday night. this operation is a clear demonstration that we will, we can, and will always make good on a similar pledge. 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 genera