The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has weakened the group but has not reduced the threat of terrorist attacks, according to a U.S. intelligence report obtained exclusively by Yahoo News.
“The death of overall amir Ayman al-Zawahiri — coming after the losses of several senior leaders since 2017 — will deal a significant blow to al-Qa‘ida, further stressing the viability of the group’s global leadership structure and threatening its position in the global jihadist movement,” stated an assessment circulated on Aug. 3by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center and marked “Not Releasable to the Public or Foreign Governments.
The assessment identified “Al-Qa‘ida’s affiliates in Yemen and Africa” as those that pose the “main threat from the organization” in that they continue to wage “attacks on US and Western interests in the regions where they operate.”The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center declined to comment. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken followed up those remarks by declaring that “The world is a safer place following the death of Zawahiri.”
“It’s more a symbolic victory, an important one for sure, but what does this really change? Is al-Qaida even relevant anymore?” said a senior intelligence official involved in tracking threats from the terrorist group. “We assess that the primary terrorist threat to the Homeland stemming from the death of al-Zawahiri is from lone offenders inspired by foreign terrorist organizations .
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