Triple-cross spy kills 4 CIA robot-missile room spooks at Forward Operating Base Chapman in the south-eastern province of Khost, Afghanistan |
First 5 of 5 paragraphs shown The bomber who killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian spy last, week was described as medical doctor. The New York Times reported he had acted as double or triple agent. He was taken onto the base in Afghanistan as he had offered information on jihad activities, a Western official who was briefed on the matter, said. Orginally recruited as Jordanian spy: The bomber was recruited by the Jordanian intelligence service and taken to Afghanistan weeks earlier, to infiltrate jihad networks by posing as a foreign jihadi, the official said. Total trust: The supposed informant snapped explosives to his body and blew himself up at a meeting with the CIA last Wednesday at the CIA's Forward Operating Base Chapman in the south-eastern province of Khost. CIA spooks travelled from Kabul to Khostto meet spy: The CIA had come to trust him and were eager to learn what he might have gleaned from opera tions in the field, a former CIA official with experience in Afghanistan said. The former official said the fact that militants could carry out a successful attack using a double agent showed , strength, despite a steady barrage of missile strikes from CIA drones. The flying robots use Australian technology. The Jordanian handler, had said the Jordanians had such a good reputation with US intelligence that the informant had not been screened before entering the compound. ...Log in to read rest of Article or image. |