The US State Department warned on Tuesday that supporters of al Qaeda or its terrorist organizations may seek to attack the United States, official US facilities, or American individuals and citizens following the killing of its leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri. In a US attack, Monday in Kabul.
“Al-Zawahiri was one of the planners of the September 11 attacks on the United States, and he continued to urge his followers to attack the United States,” the ministry’s statement said.
“Because terrorist attacks often occur without warning, the United States strongly encourages citizens to maintain a high level of vigilance and vigilance when traveling abroad,” the statement added.
On Monday, US President Joe Biden officially announced that al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US-led strike in Afghanistan that he said was “carefully planned to avoid civilian casualties”.
The US president explained that the al Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike “without the presence of US forces on the ground”, adding that the operation was “prepared and executed with great precision”.
According to the FBI website, al-Zawahiri has a dark history in creating global terrorism and is the “general leader of al-Qaeda” and the former leader of the “Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
