Targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri: a just elimination or just an elimination?

Author(s):
Robin, M.P.C.E. (0000-0002-3195-9631)
Published
2023
Publication type
Blog entry

Abstract

On August 1st, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the elimination of the leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, on the day before in the Afghan capital, Kabul. In declaring that justice had “been delivered,” President Biden was following in the footsteps of those who, before him – Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush – had seen in the elimination of leaders of jihadist terrorist organizations a form of justice. To what order of justice is he referring here?

TerrorismAl QaedaTargeted killingEthics of warInternational lawJusticeUS foreign policy
Date issued
2023-02-08
Language
English
Publisher
Montréal: Network for Strategic Analysis
Is part of
Le Rubicon
hdl
1887/4251766
URL
https://ras-nsa.ca/targeting-ayman-al-zawahiri-a-just-elimination-or-just-an-elimination/