More details have emerged in this morning’s perplexing story, in which a suicide bomber attacked what officials called a “gym” on a military base in Khost Province, killing eight Americans the military identified as “civilians.”
Now US officials admit that all eight Americans slain in the attack were actually CIA agents, adding a reason why the Haqqani network was so quickly blamed, as CIA drones have been bombing the Haqqanis in North Waziristan for over a year.
Moreover, the “gym” at the Forward Operating Base was actually being used as a CIA “operations and surveillance center,” explaining the conspicuous lack of military personnel harmed in the attack.
One former CIA official was quoted as saying the attack was “the nightmare we’ve been anticipating since we went into Afghanistan and Iraq,” adding that the CIA agents operating in the warzones often lack adequate protection.
Exactly how the bomber was able to infiltrate the base and reach a secret CIA facility was unclear, and some suggested that the attacker may have been affiliated with one of the Afghan groups working on the base.
In addition, five Canadians were killed on patrol in Kandahar Province. The five, four soldiers and an embedded reporter were killed when their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Finally, though details were not readily available, a Jordanian army captain was slain in Afghanistan, the first death among Jordan’s tiny Afghan contingent since the war began.
As you sow – So shall you reap. Why look for reasons for this attack.
The simple fact is these people should not be in this country in the first place. Afghanistan shoud be left to the Afghans.
I believe AQ has been 'hitting back at US forces and installations in Pakistan for well over two years now. Having to not report casualties,or 'burying' them as losses in other operations may work for a while, until something unignorable happens. Watch for more.
It certainly goes to explain the heightened war in Pakistan more than 'aiding the war in Afghanistan' does.
God bless the poor Canadians. Their government prides itself in proclaiming that Canada took far heavier casualties in the Second World War. Given the numbers deployed, to-day's loss represents .004 percent of forces deployed. That would have been the equivalent of 4 000 dead in one day in WW2 – a figure that hasn't occurred since some of the bloodiest battles of WW One.
Someday theTaliban are going to succeed in killing two, three more truckloads in one day. "It's gpoing to get worse before it gets better", just won't cut it any more.
This is all lies of white shit there was no one killed only to blame and make a way to attack pakistan the infidals always lie lie not but lie.
FYI: popsiq
You said-"God bless the poor Canadians." More like stupid Canadians. Excluding little me!
Canadians have no busness being outside their boarders. Why stupid ?–they are forgetful, that Americans did invaded them and tried to steal their land and failed. Canadians are really dumb–too stupid to realize that the 911 attacks were self inflicted and Canada/Quebec took part and got suckered to be killers in Afghastan :^/
I for one am delighted with this days result… The Taliban are fighting for the freedom of Afghanistan.. and one day will send the invaders packing… just as surely as they did to the Soviets.
Retribution for the slaughter of a Afghani family the day before.
The agents got what they wanted.
HEY ANTI GET THE HELL OUT OF MY COUNTRY YOU RAG HEAD DEVIL
"Get the hell of (our) my country" Italy? Does anyone think the CIA works for "us" Americans? They're probably just trying to get their Opium monopoly back, but who the hell knows, secret agents, secret missions, secret budgets, murder, lies, disinformation and treachery. Reap what you sow, yes, indeed, but louis thinks they're patriots. Bring the soldiers home, leave the spooks in their "gym". Maybe louis can save them with his patriotic caps lock.
ANDIE YOU RAG HEAD SCUM GO READ YOUR BOOK OF SCUM AND MEET YOUR VIRGINS
They murdered 8 children just the day before and I'm suppose to have sympathy for these spooks? I would never support killing but like others said you reap what you sow.
THOSE KIDS BLOW UP FAST DONT THEY
Those who fight undeclared "wars" in someone else's country should expect to be killed.
YOU PEOPLE DONT DESERVE TOO LIVE IN MY COUNTRY HOW CAN YOU RESPECT SOMEONE WHO SEND WOMAN AND CHILDREN TOO BLOW THEMSELVES UP IF THE MUJIES ARE SO BRAVE WHY WOMAN YOU RAG HEADS ARE BACKWERDS ASS HOLES ALSO THOSE 8 CHILDREN CANT MEET THERE VIRGINS LESS SHIT TOO SHOUVEL
ANDE IM A US CITIZEN A COMBAT MARINE IF YOU WANT YOUR VIRGENS COME MESS WITH A MARINE PLEASE
RJEH YOU ARE A IDIOT AND PROBLEY A RAG HEAD TERRIOST GET OUT OF OUR COUNTRY YOU RAG HEAD DEVIL
The American Government will try not to publicise this but the Khost bombing is a major strategic blow to the Afghan war effort.Even those of us who realized that the Taliban were much more formidable than portrayed in the western media,are surprised by the sophistication and ferocity of the attack.The Af-Pak border region that the Khost base was trying to control is probably now wide open to the Talebans of both Afhghanistan and Pakistan and could take anywhere from a few weeks to several months to restabilize,assuming that they were stable before the attack.The Taleban will make good use of this strategic void.The attack was obviously in the works for a long time.
Canadian Soldiers have no Business there. the current Government changed our role from a Peace keeper provider to an aggressive Force that is working under the umbrella of NATO to help support foreign American Interventions. NATO is conveniently under US Command and needs to be disabled.
Canadians have stepped over the Line and those so-called Soldiers will never gain the Respect they think that they deserve. please do not go to Afghanistan, handcuff Children, drag them into the Street and shoot them like Dogs in my Name.
As long as there are brain-washed Americans such as louis the empire has nothing to fear. Therefore , the only way to stop the empire is to kill monsters like him wherever they go to kill and pillage.