Suicide attack that killed 7 CIA agents ‘was planned by bin Laden inner circle’
US intelligence officials believe the suicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last month was planned with the help of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle, raising fears that the al-Qaeda leader is enjoying a lethal resurgence.
The attack, carried out by a Jordanian triple-agent whom the CIA believed was about to divulge the whereabouts of al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, could not have taken place without the prior knowledge and assistance of the Haqqani network, US officials believe. The powerful Taleban faction is thought to be shielding bin Laden.
Against all normal security protocol, al-Balawi was allowed onto the CIA’s Forward Operating Base Chapman, in Khost province, without undergoing a security check.
He was then permitted access to over 10 CIA employees - an extraordinarily high number to congregate around an Islamist informant.
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