Intel Officer: CIA Officers' Deaths Will Be 'Avenged'

[Black-Eyed Susan]

Intel Officer: CIA Officers' Deaths Will Be 'Avenged'

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American intelligence official vowed Thursday that the United States would avenge a suspected terrorist attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan that resulted in the deaths of seven CIA officers.

Two of those killed were contractors with private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, a former intelligence official told CNN. The CIA considers contractors to be officers.

A current intelligence official confirmed that the casualties included a mix of people -- CIA staff and contractors. Six others were wounded.


US VOWS TO 'AVENGE' CIA DEATHS -- A US soldier patrols in Nuristan province in December 2009. Afghan authorities were distancing themselves from investigations into a suicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA agents, the US spy agency's biggest single loss of life in almost 30 years. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/01-7

[Ian David]

1. Contractors from Blackwater Xe are the most legitimate targets in the whole theater of operations.

If I saw a suicide bomber going after Blackwater Xe, I'd pretend not to notice.

I wouldn't HELP.

But I sure wouldn't interfere.

The CIA, on the other hand, might be serving a legitimate purpose.

[HeresyLives]

2. An eye for an eye until the whole world is blind.

The attack on the CIA was already 'vengeance' for an American killing.

[Better Today]

4. Well said.

[G_j]

5. yes, and the CIA admits to revenge as a policy. nt

[Kurska]

7. I'd rather be blind then dead n/t

[LakeSamish706]

3. What I really want to know is, when is all this war shit going to end?

It is costing lives, a shit load of tax payer money, and most of all.... A huge loss for the loved ones that are left behind. Many countries are losing loved ones, thanks to the Bush/Cheney Administration and the ongoing funding by the US Congress (of which they cannot afford). When are the US citizens (whose money is being spent) going to say enough is enough? When are the American people going to get fed the uck up of these wars and the money spent on them? I know that I am.

[47of74]

6. Me to that official: Very nice. Now put it back in your pants where it belongs.

Waving one's thing around at other countries doesn't usually work very well.

[JVS]

8. That sounds very unprofessional