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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Chris Hughes

Fears 'ninja' airstrike that wiped out al-Qaeda leader will spark fresh attacks on West

The CIA-planned Hellfire missile strike that killed terror mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri may signal the resurgence of a wave of extremist violence towards the West, experts have warned.

Two bladed R9X “ninja” Hellfires are believed to have sliced the 71-year-old al-Qaeda boss to pieces in a precision hit as he relaxed on the balcony of a posh Kabul mansion at the weekend.

But as the drone-launched razor rockets chopped into the most-hunted terrorist in the world a new and more dangerous al-Qaeda chief was waiting in the wings.

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