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Erin Burnett OutFront

Biden announces US killing of al Qaeda leader

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

President Biden delivers a rare prime time address to announce that the U.S. has successfully targeted and killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Zawahiri was one of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists and was involved in the planning of 9/11 terror attacks. Also, the Biden administration is warning Beijing that China better not respond if House Speaker Pelosi makes a trip to Taiwan. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is CNN Breaking News. Good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. And out front tonight, we have

1:08.4

breaking news. President Biden is about to speak this hour.

1:12.4

He will hold a rare prime time address to announce the United States has taken out one of the world's most wanted terrorists.

1:18.8

Iman al-Zawahri, the leader of al-Qaeda, a man who oversaw the September 11th attacks alongside the group's founder Osama bin Laden.

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Now, Zawahri had been on the FBI's most

1:29.1

wanted list for almost 25 years. Now, according to a spokesperson for the Taliban, which of course

1:35.0

controls Afghanistan, now he was killed while at a residential house in the Sherper area of Kabul.

1:41.6

Not in tribal regions, in the hinterlands. He was in the capital of Afghanistan.

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Now, he founded the terror movement Al-Qaeda while in an Egyptian jail. He spent time in the

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