Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family
Just over an hour after sunrise on 31 July, long-time al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri walked out onto the balcony of a downtown Kabul compound - reportedly a favourite post-prayer activity of the veteran Egyptian jihadist./ At 06:18 local time (01:38 GMT), two missiles slammed into the balcony, killing the 71-year-old but leaving his wife and daughter unscathed inside. All the damage from the strike appears to be centred on the balcony./ How was it possible to strike so precisely? In the past the US/ But in this case, here's how the type of ...
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