Posted on 01/07/2010 3:43:12 PM PST by mojito
Early evidence in the December 30 bombing that killed seven CIA agents suggests a link to Pakistan, two senior Afghan sources, including an official at their spy agency, told The Daily Beast. The pair said that U.S. has already taken a chemical fingerprint of the bomb used by a Jordanian double agent in the attack, and that it matches an explosive type used by their Pakistan equivalents, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI.
The bomb’s provenance was an immediate concern after the attack, which took place in a remote base in eastern Afghanistan called Camp Chapman, because of its compact power. Most suicide attacks involve a bulky vest or belt. “It is not possible that the Jordanian double agent received that type of explosive without the help of ISI,” a senior government aide to President Hamid Karzai told me.
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Yeah..I’m sure they got some jihadi’s in the ranks...it’s a cult...
Of course they did.
The explosives are likely very available all over and ISI doesn't have a particular recipe, certainly not one that couldn't be easily duplicated by AQ.
A high-end explosive vest would be form fitting, could contain a layer of ball-bearings, absolutely lethal within 20 feet.
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