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Friday, January 1, 2010

Pakistan Taliban say they carried out CIA attack

Pakistan Taliban say they carried out CIA attack
from The Washington Times stories: News by Rasool Dawar ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- 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. ...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/01/pakistan-taliban-say-they-carried-out-cia-attack/

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