U.S. kills world's top terror target

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🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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More than 20-years after 9/11, the hunt for Bin Laden's number two is over as the U.S. kills Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a precise drone missile strike on the balcony of a Kabul safe house. Former Government Counter Terrorism Adviser Richard Clarke and the New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins join to discuss the significance of removing this top terrorist leader who was being hidden in plain sight, the reasons why it took so long to achieve and the diplomatic situation America now finds itself in with the Taliban.Plus, how the al-Zawahiri killing could impact Biden Politically, NBA legend Bill Russell and trailblazing “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols are remembered as American heroes, and Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock for slapping him at the Oscars in an emotional YouTube video.Hosted by Laura Coates. 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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0:00.0	I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN tonight on a huge breaking news night.
0:06.0	The U.S. has now killed the world's top terror target.
0:10.5	More than 20 years after 9-11, the hunt for Bin Laden's number two is now over.
0:16.8	Al-Qaeda leader Iman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan's capital
0:22.3	of Kabul.
0:23.3	President Biden addressed the nation with details earlier this evening.
0:28.9	Justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more.
0:33.2	After carefully considering a clear and convincing evidence of his location, I authorized a
0:39.2	precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all.
0:44.0	One week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, I gave the final
0:48.8	approval to go get him.
0:51.4	Biden described al-Zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote, a violence
0:58.0	against U.S. citizens.
1:00.5	Reminding he was the mastermind of a tactic, the bombing of the U.S.S.
1:03.6	coal in 2000, which killed 17 U.S. sailors.
1:08.2	The FBI just now updated its most warranted terrorist status for al-Zawahiri with the word
1:14.3	deceased.
1:15.3	Al-Zawahiri was killed in a precise strike as the president indicated on the balcony of
1:20.6	a safe house with two hellfire missiles, according to a U.S. official.
1:25.0	No American personnel were on the ground and cobbled at the time of the strike.
1:29.3	No civilian casualties, either, according to the president.
1:33.2	The death of al-Zawahiri comes 11 years after U.S. forces masterfully took out a salmabin
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