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Al-Zawahri Killing: US Warns Against Potential Resurgence of Anti-US Attacks

Washington warned on Tuesday against a possible resurgence of “terrorist acts” against US citizens or US interests abroad after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed overnight in a CIA UAV strike in Kabul.

“The State Department believes there is a heightened risk of anti-American violence following the death of Ayman al-Zawahri on July 31, 2022,” the US Department of State said in a statement.

“Current information indicates that terrorist organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks (…) against American citizens and American interests in many areas of the world,” the text continues.

“These attacks can take many forms, including kamikaze operations, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings,” it said.

The Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over the leadership of al-Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, was killed on his balcony on the night of Saturday to Sunday in a US UAV strike, the US president announced yesterday Monday in an emergency televised address. Joe Biden.

Missing for over ten years, Zawahri was believed to be among the masterminds of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon (more than 3,000 dead).

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid yesterday Tuesday morning condemned the “air attack” he attributed to “American” UAVs, without talking about casualties or mentioning the name of Ayman al-Zawahri.

The US State Department issued a “strong urge” for US citizens to “maintain a high level of vigilance” when traveling abroad.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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