00:00He made videos, including in recent weeks, calling for his followers to attack the United States and our allies.
00:07Now, justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more.
00:12This mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimized the risk of harm to other civilians.
00:19And one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, I gave the final approval to go get
00:26him.
00:27And the mission was a success.
00:28Nonetheless, none of his family members were hurt, and there were no civilian casualties.
00:33After relentlessly seeking Zawahiri for years under Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump,
00:40our intelligence community located Zawahiri earlier this year.
00:43He had moved to downtown Kabul to reunite with members of his immediate family.
00:48After carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location,
00:53I authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all.
01:00You know, Zawahiri was bin Laden's leader.
01:03He was with him all the whole time.
01:06He was his number two man as deputy at the time the terrorist attacked 9-11.
01:10He was deeply involved in the planning of 9-11.
01:14One of the most responsible for the attacks that murdered 2,977 people on American soil.
01:22For decades, he was the mastermind behind attacks against Americans,
01:26including the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000,
01:29which killed 17 American sailors and wounded dozens more.
01:33and his number one was the mastermind of the USS Cole in the force.
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