The suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan had made a video calling on militants to avenge the death of the Pakistani Taliban leader by carrying out attacks in and outside the United States, al Jazeera said.
A pilotless US drone aircraft strike killed Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud last year.
Al Jazeera reported on its website that the video was left as a message to the United States and its Arab ally Jordan by the bomber, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi. Mr Balawi blew himself up on December 30 inside Forward Operating Base Chapman, a well-fortified US compound in Khost province in southeast Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. It was the second-most deadly attack in CIA history.
If the video is verified, it will point to big intelligence failures by the United States and Jordan, one of its most important Middle East allies. Mr Balawi appeared in the video wearing a camouflage jacket and a traditional flat Afghan hat.
From Financial Times
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