Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed

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Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed

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The leader of al-Qaeda, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was killed in a drone strike in Kabul over the weekend, President Joe Biden announced Monday night.

ABC News also confirmed through sources familiar with the operation that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in the U.S. strike in Afghanistan. A senior administration official said earlier Monday that the U.S. conducted a successful counterterrorism operation against a "significant" ahttps://abcnews.go.com/International/us-conducts-successful-operation-significant-al-qaeda-target/story?id=87721122l-Qaeda target, adding that there were no civilian casualties.
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The bomb/missile that they used was interesting. No explosive. Instead it deploys 6 large blades and it basically lands on you, to crush the target and ginzu it nicely.
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Really? It almost sounds like a futuristic movie from the past.

Do you have a link on the type of device that was used? I tried to Google it, but all it says it was a drone strike.
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They've used that weapon before. It was suspected it was used to assassinate Iranian General Qassim Suleimani at Baghdad airport in 2020.

The six-blade 'Ninja missile' used to mince terrorists: CIA deployed two R9X Hellfires to shred Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri - just one month after they were used to wipe out ISIS leader in Syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... burbs.html

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I would think just getting hit by it would be enough.
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Combined with a very smart missile with a camera in it's nose, yeah. Looks like a bullseye:

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I'm waiting for the day when they use small mechanical/electronic insects to kill (nanoweapons). https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/17/mini-nu ... rfare.html
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