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| Jordan arrests brother of bomber in Afghan attack |
| 2011-04-19 |
| Jordan has arrested the brother of an Al Qaeda triple agent who blew himself up in a CIA outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, killing seven CIA employees in what was one of the worst tragedies in the history of the American agency. A Jordanian security official says the arrested man, Ayman al-Balawi, was detained in a sweep Friday along with 102 other members of the ultraconservative Muslim Salafi sect. The sweep followed clashes with anti-government protesters in the eastern Jordanian city of Zarqa during which Salafis wounded 83 policemen. The official said on Tuesday that Ayman al-Balawi is the brother of Humam, the Jordanian physician-turned-bomber who carried out the attack in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Humam didn't "kill" those seven agency people at FOB Chapman. Stupidity, poor agent tradecraft and political correctness are resposnbile. Unfortunately, I continue to see and hear reporting of LN's met with an entourage and waved through checkpoints without proper searches. Wouldn't want to inflict cultural profiling or embarrassment upon anyone now would we? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-19 20:37 |