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Afghanistan Suicide Bomber May Have Been Helped by CIA Informant
Wall Street Journal ^ | January 1, 2010 | Anand Gopal

Posted on 01/01/2010 6:21:13 AM PST by La Lydia

KABUL--The suicide bomber who killed eight Americans, including seven CIA officers, this week might have been able to get through multiple layers of security at the U.S. compound aided by an Afghan informant with the agency, a Western official said Friday. If this is true, it suggests insurgents had turned the tables on the CIA and been able to place their own agents close to the facility the CIA used to cultivate informants.

On Wednesday, CIA officials had invited the attacker onto the base with the hopes of recruiting him as an informant. They used an Afghan intermediary to arrange the meeting. The attacker arrived, wearing an Afghan army uniform, officials said.

The assault shows a strategy the insurgency has increasingly employed here in recent months: using the uniforms and vehicles of the Afghan army and police to carry out attacks...

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bhocia; cia; ciaofficers; fobchapman; islam; stupidity; terror; violence
We are not killing enough of them fast enough.
1 posted on 01/01/2010 6:21:14 AM PST by La Lydia
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2 posted on 01/01/2010 6:23:01 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: La Lydia

Obama’s hand wringing and sobs to the CIA ring hollow in the most extreme. This is an agency he would get rid of if he could. I am hopeful the agency will work in the shadows and dark corners of the world and exact retribution on those responsible for this terrorism. Payback is a MF as we used to say in the Army.


3 posted on 01/01/2010 6:41:46 AM PST by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Bulldawg Fan

This attack does not surprise me. If Americans knew who we let onto our bases they’d be amazed this doesn’t happen more often.


4 posted on 01/01/2010 6:56:50 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: Bulldawg Fan
I wonder what would happen to any agent that happen to mention that Muslims Practice Al-Taqiyya. It is openly promoted by Muslims.
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“One other Imami Shi’a doctrine that must be related is the doctrine of Taqiyyah, or dissimulation, (i.e. calculated deception). In support of this doctrine of deception, the Shi’a attribute the following to Abu Abdullah (Ja’far as-Sadiq): “Nine tenths of religion is Taqiyyah (dissimulation), hence one who does not dissimulate has no religion.” (Al-Kafi vol.9 p.110) “He who conceals his religion has saved it, and he who makes it public has destroyed it.” “A believer who does not dissimulate is like a body without a head.” (Tafseer al-Askari) “Mix with them (i.e. non-Shi’a) externally but oppose them internally.” (Al-Kafi vol.9 p.116)”

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Interestingly, another site suggest that Radical Muslim do not practice this. They state exactly what they think and what they plan.
It is the less conspicuous that actually practice this Al-Taqiyya.

5 posted on 01/01/2010 7:00:50 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: La Lydia

I’ve seen enough spy movies to know you meet these folks on a one to one in a cave with all kinds of gadgets doing their jobs. Was it too cold out or something??


6 posted on 01/01/2010 7:19:34 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Fort Hood, the airline bomber getting multiple entry visas, any similarities???


7 posted on 01/01/2010 7:29:44 AM PST by danamco
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To: Bulldawg Fan

I hope the CIA turns this loss into a future victory. Theirs is truly a dangerous line of work, mistakes and sloppy work will not only cost you a job, but also your life


8 posted on 01/01/2010 7:49:28 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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