The man behind the attack on CIA

Independent:

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Jalaluddin Haqqani, who visited the Reagan White House and was once described by Texas politician Charlie Wilson as "goodness personified", is believed by some US officials to have ordered the attack from his hideout in neighbouring Pakistan.

His suspected role in the deadliest incident for CIA forces in 25 years highlights both the shifting nature of alliances forged by Western involvement in the region, and the difficulty of telling friend from foe in today's conflict.

The Pakistani Taliban yesterday made the astonishing claim that it was behind the bombing in a bid to harm the CIA's ability to launch missile strikes inside Pakistan.

But Pentagon officials quoted by The New York Times suggested that the suicide bombing in Khost Province was a revenge strike for counter-insurgency operations led by the CIA against the so-called Haqqani network. "Those guys have recently been on a big Haqqani binge," said one Pentagon consultant. "I would be shocked if the bombing on Wednesday was not some kind of retaliation."

During the 1980s, Mr Haqqani was a respected commander battling, with Western support, against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. After they withdrew, he became a member of the US-approved coalition that formed the post-occupation government.

The alliance with the Cold War-era CIA was detailed in Charlie Wilson's War, the Tom Hanks film about Operation Cyclone, the covert US attempt to shore up the Mujahideen.

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We have been fighting this guy from the beginning of the Afghan war and what he is really reacting to is our taking the battle to his sanctuary in Pakistan. He is probably getting tired of walking around with the rectum puckered for fear of a Hellfire missile attack.

Just to prove that his attack did not deter the US, there have been two Hellfire attacks since the human bomb attack.