Jan 31, 2012 the cia claimed jennifer matthews had failed to vet an informant visiting a base leading to the deaths of seven u. The author, a former overseas npr correspondent, describes her sojourn over the years 20012005 in kandahar, the ancient capital of afghanistan, where she worked for an afghanbased ngo and, as an instinctive investigative reporter, formed her own assessment of the political forces at work in that posttaliban city. A suicide bomber struck a cia base in northern afghanistan in dec. Reallife thriller explores alqaida triple agents cia. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout history, often as part of a military campaign such as the japanese kamikaze pilots of world war ii, and more recently as part of terrorist campaigns, such as the september 11 attacks. The jordanian government spokesman nabil alsharif denied that jordan had sent the bomber to afghanistan, and he characterized the taliban announcement as not true out of the truth. Afghanistan suicide bomb kills 33 near former cia base. The triple agent is a compelling narrative of the 2009.
I first saw the somber cia memorial wall and book at the side of. The family of jennifer matthews, a cia operative killed in a terrible. Since 1983, suicide bombing has become a favourite terrorist tactic of insurgent groups from sri lanka to chechnya to afghanistan. Cia base in afghanistan hit by suicide attack world. Suicide bomb attack at afghan cia base the new american. Honoring cia operatives killed in afghanistan suicide bombing. The first american killed in afghanistan was a cia operative. A jordanian double agents suicide bombing of the cia base in eastern afghanistan received days of media coverage. The triple agent is a compelling narrative of the 2009 suicide bombing on a cia base in afghanistan bob drogin. Nato soldier killed by suicide bomber in afghanistan wsj. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. On december 30, 2009, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a cia base in afghanistan. Taliban kills seven cia agents in suicide bombing in afghanistan. Widow of cia agent killed in afghanistan base suicide.
How pleasant the west will be when these ancient hatreds are transplanted to new, prosperous and safe homes. Taliban suicide attack kills cia agents at us outpost in. Jan, 2020 a suicide bomber struck a cia base in northern afghanistan in dec. Dec 31, 2009 the cia yesterday vowed to avenge the deaths of seven of its agents who were killed in a suicide bombing on wednesday in afghanistan, as it emerged that the bomber may have been invited on to the. The cia yesterday vowed to avenge the deaths of seven of its agents who were killed in a suicide bombing on wednesday in afghanistan, as it emerged that the bomber may have been invited on to the.
Suicide bomber kills five near us embassy in afghanistan. Oct 20, 2010 panetta admitted tuesday to cia missteps and shortcomings in failing to prevent a 2009 suicide bombing in afghanistan that killed seven cia employees in one of the deadliest attacks in the. The historian who went to work for the cia to combat. A jordanian double agents suicide bombing of the cia base received days of media coverage. On monday, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a motorcycle in bagram district, afghanistan. Taliban kills seven cia agents in suicide bombing in. One nato soldier was killed and five troops injured in a suicide bombing outside kabul, according to u. Zawahiri and osama bin laden, was ice cold for the cia, and it was. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central kabul. Post reporter joby warricks new book, the triple agent. Such wellregarded studies as the 911 commission report, steve colls ghost wars, daniel benjamin and steve simons the age of sacred terror, and ahmed rashids taliban detail us missteps in south asia and foreshadow. The nalt deployed nine days after the 911 attacks, joining the northern. And when the cia added her name to the book of honor that sits at the base of the wall a few years later, there was no.
Soldiers on alert following a suicide attack in kabul on 28 september 2005 afp suicide bombers have struck more than two dozen times in afghanistan since neotaliban and alqaeda insurgents stepp. A suicide bomber somehow managed to gain entry to a cia base in eastern afghanistan on december 30 and detonated explosives that killed at least eight americans. The deaths of several cia employees in a suicide bombing in afghanistan last week put a spotlight on the usually unseen world of intelligence operatives. I first saw the somber cia memorial wall and book at. The camp chapman attack was a suicide attack by humam khalil abumulal albalawi against the central intelligence agency facility inside forward operating base chapman on december 30, 2009. Burton gerber is a 40year cia veteran, and the coeditor of a new book on rediscovering counterintelligence. Cia employees killed in afghanistan suicide bomb attack. Suicide bombing in afghanistan devastates critical hub for. Dec 31, 2009 afghanistan suicide bombing kills 8 cia officers by greg miller rochester, ny and laura king kabul the taliban takes responsibility for the explosion at a u. Special sections deal with topics such as the cias predator drone campaign in the pakistani tribal zones, the spread of suicide bombing from iraq to the afghan theater of operations, and comparisons between the soviet and u. Taliban kills seven cia agents in suicide bombing in afghanistan the taliban has inflicted a devastating blow on the cia by killing seven of its personnel inside a remote afghan base in a suicide. When black asked schroen to take a small team into afghanistan, link up. He added that abu dajana, who carried out the suicide bombing, was able to mislead the jordanian and us intelligence operatives for a complete year.
Afghanistan bombing shows perils of cia counterspying. Eight cia agents killed in afghanistan in major blow. A local afghan worker who killed five and wounded 16 in a suicide bombing on bagram airfield, afghanistan, last year spent about four months building his suicide vest in his work space on base. Killed during a suicide bombing by a member of the afghanistan s national directorate of security. The historian who went to work for the cia to combat terrorism. Suicide bombing in kabul kills 14, afghanistans vp unharmed. Warrick, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist for the washington post, untangles the knotty story of humam khalil albalawi, the jordanian alqaeda double agent responsible for the 2009 suicide. The cia claimed jennifer matthews had failed to vet an informant visiting a base leading to the deaths of seven u. Suicide bombings that killed dozens in afghanistan show. The names of all seven of the cia operatives killed last year in khost, afghanistan have now been placed in the agencys book of honor, meaning their secret cover has been lifted. Committed suicide in afghanistan while targeting senior alqaida and taliban members. An insiders account of how the cia spearheaded the. Kabul, afghanistan a suicide bomber walked into a cemetery in eastern afghanistan on sunday and blew himself up during the funeral of a local official, killing at least 17 people and wounding. The suicide bombing of a cia base in a remote mountain region of afghanistan this week highlights the agencys increasingly militaristic role in the region the base was a key part of the secret.
Hundreds of people were watching a t20 match between the boost defenders and mis. The bombing killed six us nato service members and injured several others according to nato and afghan. Jan 06, 2010 the deaths of several cia employees in a suicide bombing in afghanistan last week put a spotlight on the usually unseen world of intelligence operatives. Five americans killed in suicide car bombing in southeastern afghanistan. Attacker in afghanistan was a double agent the new york. The use of suicide bombing has grown for three primary reasons. Dec 30, 2019 the first american killed in afghanistan was a cia operative. Cia ignored jordanian intelligence before suicide bombing in. Suicide bomber at us base in afghanistan was alqaeda double. Family divisions over suicide bombing targeting cia small. Eleven children have been killed when a suicide bomber, believed to be from the taliban, detonated his explosives near a mosque in southern afghanistan.
The remarkable case of the triple agent and the bombing in khost. Eleven children dead in afghan bombing, aap, april 30, 2018. Cia suicide bomber worked with bin laden allies telegraph. Suicide bomber kills at least 17 at funeral in afghanistan. May 21, 2019 a cia suicide sparks hard questions about the agencys memorial wall. Cia employees and a jordanian intelligence officer in the suicide bombing at a u. I have tried searching but found nothing, if not what.
In fact williamss groundwork, which involved interviewing survivors in the immediate aftermath of a suicide attack, created the foundation for the cias new suicide bombing databasematrix. For cia family, a deadly suicide bombing leads to painful divisions. Suicide bombings in afghanistan hit mosques, kill 63. Family of cia officer killed in khost, afghanistan, in 2007. Last fall, nearly a year after a suicide bomber managed to kill seven cia operatives at their base in eastern afghanistan, the agency. Three of the dead in the zabul suicide bombing were soldiers. Two blackwater contractors died in a december 30 suicide bombing at a cia station in afghanistan, suggesting that the company is more enmeshed in cia. The suicide bomb attack that killed seven cia officers in afghanistan could have been planned by one of osama bin ladens closest allies, according to us intelligence sources.
Now her husband gary anderson has spoken out against her treatment. Jan 05, 2010 the bombing last wednesday at the cia base, known as forward operating base chapman, in afghanistan s khowst province killed seven cia employees and a jordanian officer. One of the main tasks of the cia personnel stationed at the base was to provide intelligence supporting drone attacks against pakistan. For months, he provided the agency with independently verifiable intelligence on the terrorist network, and he promised to lead the cia to the groups most senior members. Kabul, afghanistan suicide bombers struck two mosques in afghanistan during friday prayers, a shiite mosque in kabul and a sunni mosque in western ghor province, killing at least 63 people at. Jun 26, 2007 this highly readable book is part memoir and part political analysis. Cia exposed by frontline role along afghanistan and. Dec 31, 2009 taliban kills seven cia agents in suicide bombing in afghanistan the taliban has inflicted a devastating blow on the cia by killing seven of its personnel inside a remote afghan base in a suicide.
I would like to point out that what i propose here is not a groundbreaking or a general theory of suicide attacks, rather it is an integration of diffusion and innovation literature to provide a new framework for explaining suicide attacks in afghanistan. A suicide car bomb kills at least 33 people near a military base once used by the cia in eastern afghanistan, officials say. The blast occurred near kabul international airport shortly after the convoy of the controversial vice president had. At least three people have been killed in a suicide bombing during a cricket match in afghanistans capital kabul. A cia suicide sparks hard questions about the agencys. We now see a significant uptick in suicide bombing increasing to about two to three a week. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The author, a former overseas npr correspondent, describes her sojourn over the years 20012005 in kandahar, the ancient capital of afghanistan, where she worked for an afghanbased ngo and, as an instinctive investigative reporter, formed her own assessment of the political forces at work.
After a deadly attack on the cia in khost, afghanistan. The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden. Afghanistan cricket ground hit by suicide bomb blast in. Two blackwater contractors died in a december 30 suicide bombing at a cia station in afghanistan, suggesting that the company is more enmeshed in cia business than the agency admits.
Jan 07, 2010 the recent bombing of a cia base in afghanistan revealed a sophisticated al qaeda operation to plant a double agent inside jordanian intelligence and highlighted the perennial problem of lax cia. A suicide attack is any violent attack in which the attacker accepts their own death as a direct result of the method used to harm, damage, or destroy the target. This highly readable book is part memoir and part political analysis. There have been a number of illuminating accounts of the cias involvement in afghanistan in the period 19802001, most of them critical. Suicide bombing in afghanistan devastates critical hub for cia activities. Islamabad, pakistan the suicide bomber who killed seven c. Hanson 02 died in december 2009, along with six other cia operatives killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan, little was publicly known about what the young woman did and why the agency had dispatched her to afghanistan. It was the deadliest single day for the agency in a quarter century. Apr 08, 20 five americans killed in suicide car bombing in southeastern afghanistan.
Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second explosion in kabul, april 30, 2018. One indication of this growing preference is the number of attacks, which rose from 1 in 1981 to more than 500 in 2007. An insiders account of how the cia spearheaded the war. Attacker in afghanistan was a double agent the new york times. By 2006, poppy cultivation in afghanistan rose sufficiently to provide over 90 percent of the worlds annual heroin supply. Such wellregarded studies as the 911 commission report, steve colls ghost wars, daniel benjamin and steve simons the age of sacred terror, and ahmed rashids taliban detail us missteps in south asia and foreshadow the terrorist attacks in new. Dead were seven cia officers, a jordanian intelligence agent and their driver. Jan 04, 2010 cia base in afghanistan hit by suicide attack by alex lantier 4 january 2010 eight us operatives died in a december 30 suicide bombing at forward operating base chapman, near the eastern afghan. Panetta admitted tuesday to cia missteps and shortcomings in failing to prevent a 2009 suicide bombing in afghanistan that killed. Alqaida and its taliban ally surely anticipated that masoods death would lead. Aug 30, 2011 on december 30, 2009, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a cia base in afghanistan. Suicide bombings in afghanistan, violent attacks in which the attacker accepts their own death as a direct result of the method used to harm, damage or destroy the target subcategories. Kabul, afghanistan ap a suicide bomber carried out an attack near the kabul airport sunday, killing 14 people and narrowly missing afghanistans vice president, who was returning home after living in turkey for over a year, security officials said.
Jan 07, 2010 the suicide bomb attack that killed seven cia officers in afghanistan could have been planned by one of osama bin ladens closest allies, according to us intelligence sources. Oct 20, 2010 panetta revealed tuesday that one of its agents ignored warnings from jordanian intelligence about the man who eventually killed seven cia employees in a 2009 suicide bombing in afghanistan. Still, schroen speaks out in the books afterword against what he attests. A cia suicide sparks hard questions about the agencys memorial wall. Cia ignored jordanian intelligence before suicide bombing. May jeong writes about the suicide bombing in kabul that killed twentyfive people, including nine journalists, among them shah marai, of agence francepresse. Panetta revealed tuesday that one of its agents ignored warnings from jordanian intelligence about the man who eventually killed seven cia employees in a 2009 suicide bombing in afghanistan. Jan 05, 2010 islamabad, pakistan the suicide bomber who killed seven c. Widow of cia agent killed in afghanistan base suicide blast. Joby warrick, a washington post reporter, has brilliantly told their story in his book the triple agent. The bomber was a palestinian whose family had been become. Special sections deal with topics such as the cia s predator drone campaign in the pakistani tribal zones, the spread of suicide bombing from iraq to the afghan theater of operations, and comparisons between the soviet and u.
Five americans killed in suicide car bombing in southeastern. Did the mujahideen of the 1970s90s ever use suicide bombers to strike at the soviets. Suicide bombing in afghanistan kills six us nato members. Suicide attack on cia base killed fathertobe world. Family of cia officer killed in khost, afghanistan, in 2007 lifts veil of secrecy a bit. The cia had been tricked into welcoming one of alqaedas own onto the agencys base, enabling him to detonate a vest laden with explosives. After a deadly attack on the cia in khost, afghanistan, the. Today, a spokesperson for the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Cia, a new book by our colleague joby warrick, we learn that a veteran cia case officer. How a suicide bomber infiltrated the cia the washington post. Kabul, afghanistan a suicide bomber struck near the us embassy in afghanistans capital tuesday, killing five people in an attack claimed by the islamic state group. Cia base in afghanistan hit by suicide attack by alex lantier 4 january 2010 eight us operatives died in a december 30 suicide bombing at forward operating base chapman, near the eastern afghan. Apr 15, 2007 there have been a number of illuminating accounts of the cias involvement in afghanistan in the period 19802001, most of them critical. Cia admits missteps in handling double agent in afghanistan.
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