Dubai: A Jordanian double-agent who blew
himself up in Afghanistan, killing seven CIA officers, called
for jihad against his homeland in a video made before his
death in the suicide attack, monitors said on Sunday.
Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi accused Jordan of being
behind the death of two top militant leaders, according to the
report by IntelCenter, a US group that monitors Islamist
websites.
"There is no solution to the situation in Jordan other
than mobilising to the land of jihad to learn the arts of war
and train in them, then return to Jordan and begin
operations," Balawi was quoted as saying.
"Kill them with knives and swords. Lure them, trick them,
use their own methods against them, use counter-intelligence,"
he said.
The Jordanian intelligence service, believing Balawi to
be their agent, brought him to Pakistan with the mission of
spying on militants there.
On December 30, he blew himself up at a meeting on
Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province in
Afghanistan, killing the seven US intelligence officers and
his Jordanian handler.
In the video, Balawi accused Jordan of involvement in the
killing of a top Al-Qaeda leader and a Hezbollah commander,
IntelCenter reported.
"The Jordanian intelligence apparatus is the one that
provided the Americans with sensitive data about the location
of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," Balawi said, adding, "they are the
ones who killed" him.
PTI
