Trump had the chance to kill Al Qaeda's leader but didn't because he didn't recognize the name, repo [View all]
Original reporting from 2020: Trump pushed CIA to find, kill Osama bin Laden's son over higher priority targets (NBC News)
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Source: Insider
Trump had the chance to kill Al Qaeda's leader but didn't because he didn't recognize the name, report says
Sophia Ankel
Tue, August 2, 2022 at 8:32 AM·3 min read
President Donald Trump had the chance to kill the leader of Al Qaeda but didn't because he didn't recognize the terrorist leader's name, NBC News reported in 2020.
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But plans for al-Zawahiri's execution could have been carried out far earlier, according to an NBC News report published in February 2020.
Intelligence officials briefed Trump many times about senior terrorist figures the CIA wanted to track down and kill, mentioning al-Zawahiri, NBC News reported.
Two people familiar with the briefings told NBC News that Trump chose not to pursue al-Zawahiri because he didn't recognize his name and instead suggested targeting bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden.
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