An Al-Jazeera International video clip of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al- Balawi, right, explaining his reasons for blowing himself up at a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Al-Jazeera InternationalBomber Who Killed C.I.A. Officers Appears in Video -- New York Times
AMMAN, Jordan — The Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives in Afghanistan last month appeared in a video early Saturday, saying the attack was carried out in revenge for the 2009 killing of the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, wearing green camouflage fatigues and carrying a weapon in his lap, appeared in a video on Al Jazeera satellite television denouncing his “enemies,” Jordan and America. Mr. Balawi's father, Khaled, confirmed that the man in the video was son.
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