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On this day: US, Britain strike Afghanistan over September 11 attacks, kickstart War on Terror

The bombing targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, and was the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, which would span over a decade until December 31, 2014.

A US F-14 fighter takes off from the main deck of the USS Enterprise early 09 October 2001 as a second wave US-led air attacks on Afghanistan was launched with residents of Kabul reporting bombs hitting targets on the outskirts of the city.
Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally attends St John's Anglican Church in Yaounde Wednesday, 5th August 2026

Archbishop of Canterbury revokes award from Pakistani cleric who praised Osama bin Laden

US President Bill Clinton meets with his National Security team on April 7, 1999, in the White House Cabinet Room. From left: Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Gen. Donald Kerrick, CIA Director George Tenet, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Samuel Berger, and Gen. Hugh Shelton.

CIA reveals Clinton administration was warned in 1998 of potential bin Laden plane attack

A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.

'They betrayed him': Former CIA informant who provided intelligence on bin Laden faces deportation


'If bin Laden were hospitalized, you would kill him': Bennett responds to CNN backlash

In view of the host’s persistence on the issue, Bennett emphasized his point by saying: "If Osama bin Laden is in a hospital and his thumb is injured, do you go in and kill him? The answer is yes."

 Bennet's interview on CNN. February 2, 2024.

20% of American Gen-Zers share positive view of Osama Bin Laden - poll

Among the participants between the ages of 18 and 29, 31% believed that at least Osama Bin Laden's views were good, while 8% said that his actions were also good.

 Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri

Pay with the 'blood of Christians': TikTok users share agreement with Bin Laden's letter

The openly antisemitic letter blames the September 11 attacks in the Eastern US on the existence of Israel.

The Arabic-language television station al-Jazeera said November 12, 2002 that Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, shown in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo, has hailed recent anti-Western attacks in Bali, Kuwait and Yemen, and last month's hostage-taking in Moscow. The television said b

Pro-Trump protester uses gematria to claim Osama Bin Laden was American

The protester also claimed that Michael Jackson is still alive and implied that Donald Trump and Jay Kennedy are the same person.

 WANTED: SEEKING Osama bin Laden  in the New York financial district,  September 18, 2001.

Biden killing al-Qaeda's Zawahiri can spark regional disaster - opinion

Zawahiri’s death will cause an upheaval in al-Qaeda with a new leadership being installed and this will have definite repercussions. It could lead to an Afghan civil war.

 A PHOTO of Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen in this still image taken from a video released in 2011.

Is Zawahiri the end of the mega terrorist assassination? - analysis

When future terror leaders are hit, they simply may not carry the same punch with the public or with defense officials.

 Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster

Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after US says Zawahiri killed

Officials of the Islamist group, long-time allies of al Qaeda, initially confirmed the Sunday drone strike but said the house that was hit was empty.

A Taliban fighter stands guard near the site where Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022.

Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri likely killed by special Hellfire missiles with swords

A senior administration official told reporters two Hellfire missiles were fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle at Zawahiri.

 A US-made AH-1W Cobra helicopter launches hellfire missiles during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 Military Exercise in Ilan county, 80 km. west of Taipei, on July 20, 2006

The killing of Zawahiri: Twenty years too late - analysis

Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed twenty years too late, he should have been neutralized long ago, but he kept getting away with his deeds.

 Undated bounty poster calling for information on Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Prince Charles accepted £1m. donation from Saudi bin Laden family - report

The UK royal family member reportedly met with the half-brothers of September 11 terrorist Osama bin Laden to accept the generous donation to his charity.

 Britain's Prince Charles talks to Saudi Minister of National Guard, Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah (not pictured), in Riyadh February 19, 2014