Killing of Zawahiri gives beleaguered Joe Biden rare political win
by Joan E Greve in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#622V1)
US political leaders applaud drone strike as president, battered by inflation, war in Ukraine and Roe ruling, seeks upturn in fortunes
Joe Biden took a well deserved - and somewhat needed - victory lap after he announced that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US drone strike.
Justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more," Biden said in his televised remarks at the White House, that gave the beleaguered US president a chance to boost his sagging popularity.
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