The NYT stealth-edited one EMBARRASSING detail of its write-up on the targeted assassination of Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Just to update you on the death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan we told you about last night.  . .

On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the emir of al-Qa’ida: Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Justice has been delivered.

— President Biden (@POTUS) August 1, 2022

. . .it appears the home he was staying in was linked to New York Times op-ed writer Sirajuddin Haqqani at the time of the drone strike:

Can't believe Ayman Al-Zawahiri was staying at the home of New York Times contributor Sirajuddin Haqqani.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) August 2, 2022

And, no, we’re not joking. Here’s the op-ed Haqqani wrote back on February 20, 2020, titled, “What we, the Taliban, Want”:

You think I'm joking, huh? Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. pic.twitter.com/8wgWY1wtO0

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) August 2, 2022

But get this! The New York Times stealth-edited this detail from the original write-up with no editor’s note:

>@NYTimes story on Ayman al-Zawahri originally said "According to one American analyst, the house that was struck was owned by a top aide to Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior official in the Taliban government." It was removed w/o note.https://t.co/YCU8mAc9WKhttps://t.co/rzecBnvG89 pic.twitter.com/B92xXyj1vi

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 2, 2022

That’s too big a deal to just leave unexplained:

Only The New York Times would stealth edit something of this magnitude. https://t.co/hW0llcW1Fx

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 2, 2022

So, the stealth edit confirms it, right?

Frankly, that kinda confirms it for me. Easy to imagine they were asked to pull that for strategic reasons.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) August 2, 2022

And we await reports of civilian casualties:

I’m hearing 11 dead in US drone attack – two died of injuries at the NDS Hospital in Kabul & 9 killed outright. Two members of Sirajuddin Haqqani's family were among those killed which is now fuelling rumours this was also an attack on Sirajuddin Haqqani. Few tears will be 1/2

— Yvonne Ridley – #indyref2 (@yvonneridley) August 2, 2022

Few tears will be shed over the demise of Zawahiri but, as usual, these strikes are not surgical nor is it a satisfactory method of dispensing justice. 9/11 families would have got more closure in an open, transparent trial. Waiting for confirmation of exact death toll.

— Yvonne Ridley – #indyref2 (@yvonneridley) August 2, 2022

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