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Suicide bomb attack on CIA was 'revenge for drone killing'
The release of the tape recorded by a supposed informant who turned out to be an al-Qaeda triple agent further underscores the dangerous alliance of anti-American Islamic militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also confirms the catastrophic US intelligence failure that preceded the Dec 30 attack.
It is another massive blow to an intelligence community that was already in turmoil over the glaring mistakes that allowed a Nigerian al-Qaeda terrorist nearly to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi called for foreign jihadists to attack US targets to avenge the death of former Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in an American drone strike.
And US officials have revealed to the Washington Post how Balawi was able to wreak such carnage.