@writersroom.boardwalkThe timeline stretches from 1943 all the way to 2026, covering sixteen specific cases where the United States was responsible for either killing or capturing a leader. Isoroku Yamamoto went down in 1943, followed by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. Manuel Noriega got captured in 1989, and then Muammar Gaddafi was killed in 2011. Saddam Hussein ended up captured in 2003, while Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in 2011. Osama bin Laden met the same fate in 2011, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi fell in 2006, and Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in 2016. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in 2019, Abdul Hasib and Qari Yasin both were killed in 2017, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis fell in 2020, and Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in 2022. The list concludes with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being killed in 2026 and Nicolás Maduro captured that same year.

@writersroom.boardwalkThe timeline stretches from 1943 all the way to 2026, covering sixteen specific cases where the United States was responsible for either killing or capturing a leader. Isoroku Yamamoto went down in 1943, followed by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. Manuel Noriega got captured in 1989, and then Muammar Gaddafi was killed in 2011. Saddam Hussein ended up captured in 2003, while Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in 2011. Osama bin Laden met the same fate in 2011, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi fell in 2006, and Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in 2016. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in 2019, Abdul Hasib and Qari Yasin both were killed in 2017, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis fell in 2020, and Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in 2022. The list concludes with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being killed in 2026 and Nicolás Maduro captured that same year.