Joe Biden claims ‘justice delivered’ as US airstrike kills Al Qaeda leader
The Daily Mirror: Joe Biden has delivered a powerful speech from the White House in which he confirmed the death of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri and vowed to continue to protect the United States from terrorist threats.
The 46th President gave his address at 7.30pm EST (12.30am BST) in which he confirmed earlier reports that Al-Zawahiri had been killed by a US drone strike in Afghanistan.
President Biden began by saying: “My fellow Americans, on Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the Emir of Al Qaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
“Zawahiri was Bin Laden’s leader, he was with him the whole time and was his deputy at the time of 9/11.
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