“We’ll never forget, we’ll never give up and now Zawahiri can never again threaten the American people,” Biden said in a speech on Sunday.
President Joe Biden touted the recent killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri during a speech on Sunday commemorating the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Zawahiri was leader of Al-Qaeda since the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden, and helped plan the 9/11 attacks. On August 1, Biden announced that the terrorist leader had been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan the day before.
“Through all that has changed over the last 21 years, the enduring resolve of the American people to defend ourselves against those who seek us harm and deliver justice those responsible for the attacks against our people has never once faltered,” the president said.
Biden added: “It took 10 years to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden, but we did.
