Al Qaeda claims responsibilty for the deaths of seven CIA agents from a suicide boming last month in Afganistan. The suicide bomber was working as a double agent who was recruited as a counterterrorism intelligence source. According to a statement posted on an Islamist website, the attack was an act of revenge for the deaths of the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan and operatives who were killed in a missile strike by the U.S military last August. Several militant groups have tried to take claim for the attack and analysts say these groups may be competeing for credit to spread the word which will attract new donations and recruits. On Sunday, in an email from Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, he stated that his arm of the Islamic movement carried out the attack and reiterating that the reason was to seek out revenge.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/afghanistan.cia.al.qaeda/index.html
By: Alicia Panczyk
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