Spy links with CIA suicide bomber are problem for Jordan

Guardian UK ^ | 01.06.10 | Ian Black, Middle East editor and Ewen MacAskill in Washington

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Jordan is showing signs of deep embarrassment at revelations about the role of its intelligence service in "running" the al-Qaida triple agent who killed seven CIA officers and his own handler in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last week.

Last weekend, King Abdullah and his wife Rania attended the funeral of Captain Ali Bin Zeid, the case officer for the Jordanian jihadi who blew himself up and triggered a huge row about the failures of US espionage operations.

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Yes they have a problem. If facts I have read are true, This agent is the one that met the asset. He also gave him a uniform and drove him into the base. When they got to the gate the car was not searched as they ASSUMED THE AGENT HAD DONE THAT. A fatal mistake that cost this country their top agents.

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