The assassination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is an important achievement of the Biden administration, which reflects the policy of the war against terrorism and the elimination of its leaders. The political echelon in Israel must adopt the American model and renew targeted countermeasures. The bombings of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip have exhausted themselves.
The Biden administration recorded an important operational and intelligence achievement in its war on radical Islamic terrorism. 21 years have passed since the September 11 attacks, on the night between Saturday and Sunday, the Americans killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the al-Qaeda organization, who was Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man and succeeded to his position as the head of the organization after his assassination at his hideout in Pakistan in May 2011.
The Biden administration recorded an important operational and intelligence achievement in its war on Islamic terrorism. 21 years after the September 11 attacks, the Americans killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, at the beginning of the week
Ayman al-Zawahiri hid in a house in a neighborhood in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan and was killed in an attack by an American drone based on accurate intelligence provided by the CIA.
Al-Zawahiri was among the founders of the Al-Qaeda organization and among those who planned the major terrorist attack of the Al-Qaeda organization on the United States on September 11, 2001 in which 2,977 people were killed on American soil.
The Biden administration took revenge on the al-Qaeda organization and settled accounts with it. The estimate in the US is that the assassination will improve the president’s political standing, which is in a slump. President Biden continues the policy of previous presidents to fight terrorism to the bitter end and to eliminate without hesitation its top leaders.
The United States has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda and one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists, who oversaw the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, alongside the group’s founder, Osama bin Laden, announced President Biden. pic.twitter.com/lfX0yY5wDs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2022
Biden will now be able to claim that it is possible to fight terrorism even without an American military presence on Afghan soil.
In an address to the nation from the White House, President Biden said:
“Justice has been done, this terrorist leader is no longer with us, we never surrender.”
The Biden administration closed its account with al-Qaeda. The estimate in the US is that the assassination will improve the political status of the president, who is at a low ebb. Biden is continuing the policy of the previous presidents, a war of attrition on terror and the elimination of his senior officials
The al-Qaeda organization, which was the leading terrorist organization in the world, has weakened greatly in recent years after the assassination of its leader Osama bin Laden and lost its primacy to the ISIS organization, but this is an important elimination that will harm the operational capabilities of the organization.
The al-Qaeda organization, which was the leading terrorist organization in the world, has weakened greatly in recent years after the assassination of its leader Osama bin Laden and lost its primacy to the ISIS organization, but the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri is an important event that will damage the operational capabilities of the organization. pic.twitter.com/0YAtJm6It3
— Yoni ben Menachem yoni ben menachem (@yonibmen) August 2, 2022
In recent years, news has been circulated about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s precarious health condition and even news about his death. It turns out that it was a smokescreen and that American intelligence tracked him down and followed him closely until he was eliminated.
According to US officials, the Taliban withdrew its protection of Ayman al-Zawahiri after he conquered Afghanistan last year. The house where al-Zawahiri was killed belongs to a senior aide of the Taliban leader.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid refused to comment on the killing of al-Zawahiri, but said that the American attack in Kabul, the first since the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan, was a “violation of international principles.”
President Biden is following in the footsteps of Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
In May 2011, President Obama ordered the elimination of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the Al-Qaeda organization, responsible for the horrific terrorist attacks in the United States: the attack on the Twin Towers in 1993, the September 11 attacks in 2001 and other attacks, while President Trump ordered the elimination in October 2019 of the leader of Da’e Q. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
According to US sources, the Taliban withdrew its protection of Ayman al-Zawahiri after he conquered Afghanistan last year. The house where al-Zawahiri was killed belongs to a senior aide of the Taliban leader
President Trump did a very important act, when he also ordered the elimination in January 2020 of the head of the snake of Iranian terrorism, General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the “Quds” force of the Iranian “Revolutionary Guards”, who is considered the number two man in the Iranian leadership and the possible successor of the supreme leader Ali Kh. Minai.
Successful assassinations of the Biden administration
A few days before President Biden’s visit to Israel, an American drone killed a senior terrorist in the Khoras al-Din organization in the Idlib region of Syria. He was killed by a missile fired at him while he was riding a motorcycle.
The Washington Post: “Key Islamic State figure killed in Syria drone strike, U.S. says” https://t.co/LVtbZ1Uvag
— Evan Kohlman (@IntelTweet) July 12, 2022
A day before his visit to Israel, President Biden announced the death of the leader of ISIS in Syria, Maher al-Aqal.
He was killed by an American drone bombing in the western Afrin area in Syria and another senior member of the organization was injured.
Maher al-Aqal known as “Abu Al-Baha’ a-Shamali” is a member of the Al-Naim tribe in Syria, he was the emir of the city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State, in 2019.
The Pentagon defined al-Aqal as “one of the five senior leaders of ISIS”.
The Pentagon statement said that al-Aqal was responsible for developing ISIS networks outside of Syria and Iraq, and that the attack was preceded by comprehensive planning designed to ensure its success.
Al-Aqal is considered one of the main defendants in the November 2018 murder of Sheikh Bashir Faisal Al-Hawidi, one of the dignitaries of the Al-Afadla tribe.
The Pentagon defined Al-Aqal as “one of the five senior leaders of ISIS” and responsible for the development of ISIS networks outside of Syria and Iraq, and that the attack was preceded by comprehensive planning to ensure its success
The Turkish authorities arrested his brother, Suleiman al-Aqal, in southern Turkey in 2021, the two brothers specialized in making explosive devices and are responsible for two major attacks in Turkey in 2015 and 2016.
An effective strategy to fight terrorism
The Biden administration continues the war against al-Qaeda and ISIS despite their weakening In recent years.
The ISIS organization was at the height of its power in the years 2014 to 2017, and since then it has suffered severe blows and weakened significantly. The Pentagon says that the ISIS organization “continues to pose a threat to the United States and its partnership in the region.”
The American strategy of the Biden administration in the war against the terrorist organizations that threaten the United States and the Western countries is efficient, economical and effective.
It saves the use of large military forces, entering into an extensive military campaign that will cost human lives and large financial expenses, a strategy that the leaders of terrorist organizations usually manage to make good use of to escape the hands of the law.
The American strategy of the Biden administration in the war against the terrorist organizations that threaten the United States and the Western countries is efficient, economical and effective.
It saves the use of large military forces, entering into an extensive military campaign that will cost human lives and large financial expenses. pic.twitter.com/0ppaQiQfHA— Yoni ben Menachem yoni ben menachem (@yonibmen) August 2, 2022
As part of this strategy, the former ISIS leader Abdullah Kardash, known as “Abu Ibrahim al-Hashmi al-Qarshi” was killed last February.
As part of the operation, the US military landed special forces in the town of Atma, north of Idlib in Syria.
Abdullah Kardash, sensing that his end was near, blew himself up. 13 people were killed in the operation to capture him.
Abdullah Kardash chose to follow in the footsteps of the previous leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In October 2019, American commandos arrived at the house where he was hiding in a village in the north of Idlib and he decided to blow himself up.
ISIS was at the height of its power in the years 2014 to 2017, and since then has suffered severe blows and weakened significantly. The Pentagon says that the ISIS organization “continues to pose a threat to the United States and its partnership in the region”
Before him, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of the ISIS organization in Syria and Iraq, and Abu Hamza Almohajar al-Masri, who replaced Abu Mutzab al-Zarqawi, one of the founders of the ISIS organization, were eliminated.
Last month, a senior ISIS leader was captured in an operation in northern Syria. In a statement published by the US-led international coalition against ISIS, it was stated that this is an expert in assembling explosive devices, Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, who is also known as the “Wali of Raqqa” .
The US invests a great effort to eliminate the heads of the terrorist organizations that threaten it, it does not make concessions.
In recent years, American intelligence has improved a lot and it works in close cooperation with British intelligence and Turkish intelligence.
The elimination of senior members of the ISIS organization in Syria and Iraq affects the activities of the organization in all the places where it operates: in West and Central Africa, in Southeast Asia, in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Caucasus and North Sinai.
Hitting them is considered hitting the head of the terrorist’s octopus which affects its arms and weakens them.
According to sources in Syria, serious disagreements have erupted at the top of the ISIS organization, which makes it easier for the Western espionage organizations to obtain accurate intelligence. Senior officials of the organization who were captured by the coalition soldiers for the war against ISIS provided accurate intelligence on their opponents in order to harm them.
In addition to this, American intelligence operates a large network of agents and helpers in Syria and uses intelligence obtained by electronic means.
The political echelon in Israel should learn from US presidents how not to compromise with terrorism and adopt the method of targeted assassinations of terrorist leaders, especially in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Air Force’s bombing of the underground Hamas and Islamic Jihad sites in the Gaza Strip, the tunnels, the laboratories and the rocket depots have exhausted themselves. They do not stop terrorism and do not deter enough.
The political echelon in Israel should learn from US presidents how not to compromise with terrorism and adopt the method of targeted assassinations of its leaders, especially in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force’s bombing of Hamas sites does not deter Dayan
The time has come to return to the method of targeted assassinations of the terrorist leaders. No one is immune. The leaders of the terrorist organizations should know that in their terrorist activity against Israel they are giving themselves a death sentence.