Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, in operation carried out by US Navy Seals after a nearly decade-long hunt. US intelligence officials have been aware for years of a network helping Al-Zawahri dodge US intelligence officials hunting for him, but didn’t have a bead on his possible location until recent months. Al-Zawahri was hardly a household name like bin Laden, but he played an enormous role in the terror group’s operations. Photos from the time often showed the glasses-wearing, mild-looking Egyptian doctor sitting by the side of bin Laden. Some militants whose association with bin Laden predated Al-Zawahri’s always saw him as an arrogant intruder.

Source: Libya Today August 01, 2022 23:49 UTC