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CIA vows to avenge agents' deaths in Afghanistan with greater resolve | In a bid to avenge the assassination of seven of its operatives in Afghanistan this week, the Central Investigative Agency has vowed to find and attack Taliban and al Qaeda leaders with 'greater than ever resolve'. "There is much about the attack that
isn't yet known, but this much is clear: The CIA's resolve to pursue aggressive
counterterrorism operations is greater than ever," CIA spokesman George Little
was quoted, as saying. Wednesday attack's attack is being considered as the deadliest
assault on the CIA since the 1983 bombing of the Beirut embassy. Meanwhile, the
Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) said the deaths of the CIA
agents "should remind the public that the CIA is truly on the front lines in this
war; one that remains officially unrecognized." AFIO President Gene Poteat criticized
Obama for "his silence" on the Department of Justice's effort to prosecute CIA
personnel over allegations of torture during the Bush administration. "Yet we
expect these patriots to continue despite such personal and professional risks
abroad -- and at home," Poteat said. So far, the identity of just one of the dead
has been confirmed. The family of Harold Brown Jr., 37, said he was killed in
the blast. Also among the dead was a member of the Jordanian secret service, who
was working with the CIA and was at the meeting. According to reports, two of
the casualties were employees of Xe Corporation, the security company formerly
known as Blackwater. The Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for the
bombing, but that claim couldn't be confirmed. According to ABC News, the bomber
was invited into the Forward Operating Base Chapman as a possible informant, but
wasn't searched. |
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