Pakistan Taliban says it bombed CIA site

[unhappycamper]

Pakistan Taliban says it bombed CIA site
By Rasool Dawar - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 2, 2010 10:09:50 EST

MIR ALI, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban claimed Friday that they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing that killed seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge for a top militant leader’s death in U.S. missile strike.

The announcement was nearly impossible to verify independently because it involves covert operations in a dangerous region. It is highly unusual for the Pakistani Taliban to claim credit for an attack in Afghanistan, and the proclamation followed indications the Afghan Taliban may have been involved in the attack.

CIA spokesman George Little could not confirm the account.

“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,” he told The Associated Press.

The suicide bomber struck the CIA’s operation at Camp Chapman in eastern Khost province on Wednesday. The base was used to direct and coordinate CIA operations and intelligence gathering in Khost, a hotbed of insurgent activity because of its proximity to Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas, former CIA officials said. Among the seven killed was the chief of the operation, they said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/01/ap_army_ciaabombing_update_010110/

[Don Caballero]

1. We should focus much more attention on the Taliban in Pakistan

and move our forces closer to the border. We could altogether leave Afghanistan and focus solely on the extremists in Pakistan.