Months of careful planning led to al Qaida chief’s killing

Months of careful planning led to al Qaida chief’s killing
Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a US drone strike (AP)

The White House has revealed the painstaking efforts that went into planning the drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri.

On Sunday two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended al-Zawahri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al Qaida.

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