U komentarima o imenovanju Zawahirija za lidera el-Kaide u četvrtak, admiral Mike Mullen, načelnik Zajedničkog štaba SAD, izjavio je da će se on suočiti s istom sudbinom kao i njegov prethodnik.
Commenting on Zawahiri's appointment as leader of al-Qaeda on Thursday, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that that he would face the same fate as his predecessor.