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CIA Operative Killed in Afghanistan

He was a victim in weekend 'green-on-blue' attack

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 17, 2012 2:11 PM CDT

(AP) – A senior US defense official says an agent for the CIA was among those killed in a suicide bombing at an Afghan intelligence office — the latest so-called "insider attack" in the war. The attack Saturday in Kandahar province killed four Afghan intelligence officials and two US intelligence officers. One of the Americans has been identified as a female soldier, 24-year-old Brittany B. Gordon.

The official said the other American was an operative working for the CIA. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information on the record. NATO says the bomber was a member of Afghanistan's intelligence agency, but the Afghans deny that.

In this Nov. 2, 2009, file photo taken through a night vision scope, US special operations leave for a mission in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province.
In this Nov. 2, 2009, file photo taken through a night vision scope, US special operations leave for a mission in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province.   (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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reallybig
Oct 17, 2012 6:21 PM CDT
Obama brags HE killed Bin Laden, and now Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are on the run..... The "nit wit" Democrats believe it, but Al-Qaeda and the Taliban never ever got his message......[ Do you hear the RAP spitting video the Taliban and Al-Qaeda are playing? ]...... Sam Jack rapping and a spitting, "Wake the f__k up" Obama, cause they ain't running from you, they're running to you..... I do believe Al-Qaeda and the Taliban know it's the Obama led US that's running, don't you think? ... A nursery rhyme, "Everywhere the US goes, Al-Qaeda will follow them"
B-Diddy
Oct 17, 2012 3:27 PM CDT
Who Fucking Cares!
Observer
Oct 17, 2012 2:41 PM CDT
Paybacks are hell.

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