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'A Huge Screw-Up': CIA Attacker May Have Been Well-Known Al Qaeda Blogger
The suicide bomber who penetrated a CIA base in Afghanistan last week and killed seven officers was not just any Al Qaeda double agent: He may have been a well known Al Qaeda blogger who boasted of his “love of jihad and martyrdom” in a Taliban web magazine just a few months ago.
Bomber who killed CIA operatives in Afghanistan was triple agent
Ex-Jordanian militant had agreed to help CIA find al-Qaida chief before turning against US spy agency
Jordanian with Qaeda ties killed CIA workers: report
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was an al Qaeda double-agent from Jordan, NBC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed Western intelligence officials.
Jordanian informant lured CIA operatives into suicide attack, officials say
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian informant who lured intelligence officers into a meeting with a promise of new information about al-Qaeda's top leadership, according to two former U.S. government officials briefed on the incident.
Bomber at C.I.A. Base Had Ties to Jordan Spy Agency
The suicide bomber who killed seven C.I.A. officers and one Jordanian intelligence officer last week in southeastern Afghanistan was an asset of the Jordanian intelligence service who had been brought to Afghanistan to help hunt down top members of the Qaeda network, according to a Western official briefed on the matter.
Jordanian double-agent behind CIA bombing
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UPDATE: From Jarrett Brachman
For over 2 years now, I’ve been tracking the writings of a jihadist pundit named, Abu Dujana al-Khorasani. I’ve actually presented on his writings for the Office of Naval Research and the National Counterterrorism Center. In fact, I wrote a whole chapter on him for a book on jihadist punditry (not yet released publicly).
Well, it turns out that this pundit is likely the the suicide bomber involved in the attack on the CIA officers in Khost, Afghanistan last week. That’s right, a pundit put down his pen and picked up the sword.
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