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Posted on 01/02/2010 3:51:06 PM PST by GOP_Lady
KABUL -- A senior commander connected to the Afghan Taliban and involved with the attack against the CIA that left eight people dead said Saturday that the bombing was retaliation for U.S. drone strikes in the Afghan-Pakistan border region.
"We attacked this base because the team there was organizing drone strikes in Loya Paktia and surrounding area," the commander said, referring to the area around Khost, the city where the U.S. facility was attacked. The commander, a prominent member of the Afghan insurgency, spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The suicide attack, which dealt the biggest loss to the agency in more than 25 years, killed a woman who was the station chief along with six other CIA officers and one private security contractor.
We attacked on that particular day because we knew the woman who was leading the team" was there, the commander said.
The claims could not be independently verified late Saturday night and the CIA was not available for comment.
Both the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for attacks in the past that Western officials have later rejected.
Some drone strikes had been coordinated from the base, Western officials said. The strikes were to target senior leaders of al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban and an Afghan group called the Haqqani Network. The CIA operatives located on Forward Operating Base Chapman, which is near the Pakistani border, were involved in cultivating informants to target insurgent leaders using ground raids and drone strikes.
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Just days ago, a suicide bomber walked into a US military base. What’s with the security?
And who says this is NOT war?
Oh my! Holder and Obama do. These terrorists are mere criminals to be tried in criminal court! Bring THEM to NYC too! / s.
Bush’s fault, obviously.
These sicko’s REALLY get off on killing women, don’t they?
We attacked on that particular day because we knew the woman who was leading the team” was there, the commander said.
I expect another one of those Obama apology speeches any minute now.
Amazing how Al Queda’s intelligence always is better after the fact.
So, apparently, is Janet Napolitano's.
Ok, time to triple the drone strikes!
That had better not be true, and let me tell you why.
The mother of three was the CIA's team leader. CIA teams are divided into operational groups and support groups. The former group has the covert agents. The support group takes care of logistical and support needs of the operational units.
I have to question why a mother of three was sent by the CIA to lead the team.
/mark
Hypothetically, if a head of state were to be cowed into curtailing such activity by the prospect of further retaliation, then mightn't that person be considered "successfully terrorized"?
Just wondering.
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See www.whatDoesItMean.com/index1317.htm
Could this be true? Obama ordered the strike on the CIA camp because several children had been killed?
Your link is inoperable.
Well now I'm really mad!
What is Zero and holder going to do next issue tickets to them with a mail in fine?
Click on the “x” on Google’s popup. When IE note appears, click “back”. Or, go to Repubx.com and search for article that says Obama ordered execution of CIA agents...?
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