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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 527

Ayman al-Zawahiri

In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
December 30, 2022, 7:19 pm
UK backed ‘whacking’ bin Laden months before 9/11 attacks
Newly released documents show London was aware of the threat posed by the al-Qaeda leader in December 2000
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People walk by the One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan a day after President Biden announced that the US killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan on August 02, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
August 3, 2022, 2:49 am
US travelers warned of increased violence risk after Zawahiri killing
State Department urges citizens to maintain high level of vigilance and ‘practice good situational awareness’ while abroad
By AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House August 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a US airstrike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
August 3, 2022, 2:35 am
Zawahiri killing boosts Biden on anniversary of chaotic Afghan exit
Critics on right and left see last year’s US withdrawal from Kabul as a show of ineptitude that will make Afghanistan a hotbed of anti-American Islamic groups
By Sebastian Smith
Smoke rises from a house following a US drone strike in the Sherpur area of Kabul, July 31, 2022. (AFP)
August 2, 2022, 5:18 pm
Did the US use a secret flying ‘ninja bomb’ to kill al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri?
2 missiles hit home of terror chief without sign of blast and Washington says no one else was injured — suggesting use of Hellfire R9X, said to dice targets with 6 large blades
By AFP
Osama bin Laden, right, listens as his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri speaks in this image made from undated video tape broadcast by Al-Jazeera on April 15, 2002. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera/APTN)
August 2, 2022, 12:23 pm
Months of efforts to track al-Qaeda chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to assassination
US officials built a scale model of the safe house where Ayman al-Zawahiri had been located, aiming a tailored airstrike at the home’s balcony where they learned he enjoyed sitting
By Zeke Miller and AAMER MADHANI
In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahiri poses for a photograph in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
August 2, 2022, 4:57 am
Bin Laden right-hand man al-Zawahiri’s path from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaeda
Slain terror chief was crucial in shifting jihadi movement to target US; 9/11 made Bin Laden American enemy No. 1, but attacks likely wouldn’t have succeeded without his deputy
By Lee Keath
US President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House, August 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a US airstrike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
August 2, 2022, 4:15 am
Biden hails killing of al-Qaeda head al-Zawahiri: ‘Justice has been delivered’
US president vows: ‘If you are a threat to our people, we will take you out’; says operation hopefully provides some closure for families of 9/11 victims
By Matthew Lee, NOMAAN MERCHANT and AAMER MADHANI
This television image released by Qatar's Al-Jazeera television broadcast on Friday Oct. 5, 2001 is said to show the most recent images of Osama bin Laden, right. At left is bin Laden's top lieutenant, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri (AP Photo/Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN)
August 2, 2022, 1:32 am
Long-wanted al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike on Kabul
White House officials confirm successful counterterrorism operation, say there were no civilian casualties; US ground team has since pulled out, senior intelligence official says
By AP
Illustrative: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist organization's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (AP)
September 12, 2021, 12:01 am
Al-Qaeda’s leader, rumored dead, appears in video for 9/11 anniversary
Ayman al-Zawahiri speaks of ‘Judaization of Jerusalem,’ mentions US withdrawal from Afghanistan, but not Taliban takeover — suggesting the footage may not be recent
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Composite: The United States Embassy and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, are shown on the day after a terrorist bombing, Aug. 8, 1998. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File); Small frame: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in an FBI post offering a reward for information on his whereabouts. (Screenshot/fbi.gov)
November 17, 2020, 7:59 am
After Israel said to kill al-Qaeda No. 2, questions over terror group’s future
With unconfirmed rumors swirling over fate of Al-Zawahiri in wake of Abu Muhammad al-Masri’s killing in Iran, many analysts point to Saif al-Adel as next leader
By Didier Lauras
Composite: The United States Embassy and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, are shown on the day after a terrorist bombing, Aug. 8, 1998. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File); Small frame: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, in an FBI post offering a reward for information on his whereabouts. (Screenshot/fbi.gov)
November 15, 2020, 1:12 pm
Al-Masri’s daughter, also a target, was tapped for top al-Qaeda role – report
Daughter of terror group’s no. 2, widow of a bin Laden, said to have been killed due to involvement in operational planning; shooting comes amid rumors about leader al-Zawahiri
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist organization's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (AP)
September 11, 2019, 9:29 pm
In 9/11 speech, al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks on Israel, West
Ayman al-Zawahiri says Palestinians should launch suicide bombings against Israelis for Trump’s recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory
By AP
Still image from video obtained on September 11, 2012, of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking from an undisclosed location. (AFP/Site Intelligence Group)
September 11, 2018, 11:33 pm
Al-Qaeda leader: Moving embassy to Jerusalem is proof the US is enemy of Islam
On 9/11, bin Laden’s successor Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Muslims to wage war against the United States throughout the world
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE - In this June 16, 2014. file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)
August 14, 2018, 2:33 am
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Syria, Iraq
Al-Qaeda’s leaders in Iran are working with Ayman al-Zawahri and ‘have grown more prominent’; Islamic State transforming from ‘proto-state’ to covert terrorist network
By Edith M. Lederer
Still image from video obtained on September 11, 2012, of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking from an undisclosed location. (AFP/Site Intelligence Group)
May 14, 2018, 4:15 am
Al-Qaeda head calls for jihad on eve of US embassy move to Jerusalem
In video titled ‘Tel Aviv is Also a Land of Muslims,’ Ayman al-Zawahiri says PA are the ‘sellers of Palestine,’ urges followers to take up arms
By AFP
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