Al Qaeda Is Planning to Fake the Death of Its Dead Leader

Jan 7 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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Al Qaeda is planning to announce a fake cause of death for former leader Ayman al Zawahiri, who was already killed by a U.S. airstrike, according to senior sources in the jihadi movement.

The plan would see al Qaeda announce that Zawahiri has died from ill-health even though Joe Biden held a press conference to say that Osama bin Laden’s successor had been taken out by a precision strike on an upmarket district of Kabul six months...

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