Middle East Focus: Birthday Cake for a Jordanian Terrorist………….

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Birthday Cake for a Jordanian Terrorist………….

"CIA officers in Afghanistan were so eager to meet the spy they believed would help them crack al-Qaida's leadership they planned a birthday celebration for his visit in December, current and former U.S. officials said. A birthday cake was waiting. But before they could even begin to question their golden source, he detonated a powerful bomb, killing himself and seven CIA employees in one of the deadliest attacks in the agency's history. Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a 36-year-old doctor who had been recruited by Jordanian intelligence officials, was really a double agent. The account of the planned birthday gathering is the latest evidence that CIA officials at the Afghan base trusted the Jordanian and wanted to build rapport with him……… Al-Balawi's contacts with Jordanian intelligence, one of the CIA's most trusted partners in the Middle East, gave him credibility. He was thought to have critical intelligence about al-Qaida's No. 2 official, Ayman al-Zawahri. He was not searched."

The sonofabitch didn’t even wait to eat his last cake, the last 'earthly' cake, as the schmuck probably thought. His late king was much more loyal.
I still wonder about the humor: if Jordanians had some sense of humor, were less surly, then perhaps things would have turned out different. I am still searching, the quest continues.
Cheers
mhg

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