Rachel Maddow: Afghanistan – CIA bombing getting scarier + Bomber was triple agent

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January 05, 2010

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Bomber who killed CIA operatives in Afghanistan was triple agent

by Daniel Nasaw in Washington
guardian.co.uk
Monday 4 January 2010 23.34 GMT

Ex-Jordanian militant had agreed to help CIA find al-Qaida chief before turning against US spy agency

The suicide bomber who killed eight people at a US base in eastern Afghanistan last week was a triple agent brought to the outpost after offering information to catch a leading al-Qaida aide.

The attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer said to have brought the bomber, a Jordanian doctor, to the spy agency outpost.

US news agencies, citing intelligence sources, identified the attacker as Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, a 36-year-old doctor from the town of Zarqa, Jordan.

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via Bomber who killed CIA operatives in Afghanistan was triple agent | World news | guardian.co.uk.

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The many faces of the double agent CIA bomber – 06 Jan 09

AlJazeeraEnglish
January 05, 2010

US intelligence sources say a Jordanian double agent who attacked CIA operatives in Afghanistasn last week, had provided high-quality intelligence leading to the deaths of several al-Qaeda leaders.

Hammam Khalil al-Balawi blew himself up at a US base in Khost province, killing seven CIA agents and a Jordanian Intelligence official.

More details are emerging about al-Balawi’s life, including how he went by the name of Hammam Khalil Mohammed, and how he assumed the online persona of Abu Dujana al-Khorasani – an outspoken opponent of US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan who was described as one of the top five jihadists on the web.

Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports from Jordan’s capital, Amman.

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