Mister zwahiry came from a prominent egyptian family. He served in the egyp army for a while, actually. drifted into the orbit of the moslem brotherhood. Eventually made his way to afghanistan, where he met a summer bin laden. And how has alcide under his leadership since then? In many ways, it's been on the back foot.
For decades Ayman al-Zawahiri was the chief ideologue of the terrorist group. We ask what his death in Afghanistan means for the broader jihadist movement. A vote on abortion in Kansas today is a sharp test of the electorate following the gutting of Roe v Wade. And remembering Diana Kennedy, an indefatigable food writer and champion of Mexican cuisine.
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