Former SEAL, Ohio native and Atlanta PD detective killed in Afghanistan.

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Source: Ohio native, ex-Navy Seal killed in Afghan bombing | ajc.com


COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven people killed in a suicide bombing attack targeting a CIA base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.

Scott Michael Roberson, 39, was working as a security officer for the CIA when the blast on Dec. 30 rocked the remote outpost in Khost province, said his sister, Amy Messner of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

The government notified his wife Wednesday of his death, Messner said, and the CIA has allowed them to make his death public.

Before joining the CIA, Roberson had worked undercover in narcotics for the Atlanta police. He also served with United Nations security forces in Kosovo and did several tours of duty in Iraq, where he provided protection to high-risk officials.


How the heck, could a suicide bomber sneak explosives into a CIA post and and ignite the device without being detected and shot?

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This is the same incident that killed my friend.

If you do a little reading on it, you will find that they were working with a somewhat trusted source from the Afghan National Army (ANA). This ANA source had been used in teh past and they are all about trying to instill )bidirectional) trust in these sources. With that said, it is my understanding that the subject was about to be searched when he detonated the device.

The real issue is how this person was able to get so close to several agents in one location prior to this search (one of which is teh regional coordinator). It is my understanding that this FOB used to be a military site but is now relegated to other functions (such as USAID and this other contracting agency with whom these agents were co-located). With it no longer being a military base, the security protocols are very different, if not at least "softer" in appearance, in order to promote a demilitarized appearance/function.

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NBC: Al-Qaida double-agent killed CIA officers - Afghanistan- msnbc.com

Switch, you've probaby read this update on the CIA suicide bombing incident in Afghanistan. It now appears that the killer was a Jordanian doctor who was an Al Qaida double agent.

With fanatical nut cases like this guy and others, it must be Hell on our military and intelligece to fight a war like this.
Hitler and his Nazi followers had their fanatical beliefs, but they fought a conventional war.

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Yeah, in the old days, double agents would feed you bad information. Now, they just blow you up.
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Yeah, in the old days, double agents would feed you bad information. Now, they just blow you up.
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Yep, I hope and pray that our intelligence and military can keep these fanatics tied down in Afghanistan and the Middle East, 'cause if a suicide bomber walked into the food court of a mall here in the US and blew himself up, this country would panic. And, I don't think this commander in chief could calm them down like Bush did following 9/11/01.

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People don't think we should be sticking our nose into international terrorism investigations and that we are spreading ourselves too thin, doing it. Well, the question always coems down to :Do you want to do it overseas or do you want to do it here?

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Yep, I hope and pray that our intelligence and military can keep these fanatics tied down in Afghanistan and the Middle East, 'cause if a suicide bomber walked into the food court of a mall here in the US and blew himself up, this country would panic. And, I don't think this commander in chief could calm them down like Bush did following 9/11/01.

I have a feeling, one day, it will happen. Not a matter of if, but when.

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That's why you gotta just kill'em all and let God sort'em out.

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I have a feeling, one day, it will happen. Not a matter of if, but when.

Since my daughter called me on the morning of 9/11 and said, "quick dad turn on your TV," I've been a little leary to turn to Fox news immediately after getting up in the morning, wondering what the top news story will be.
These fanatics have been brain washed from birth and have an ideological agenda to fulfill and that is to destroy Jews, Christians and any group or person that gets in their way.

Like snakes, they are patient and could strike when the least expected.

What's so troubling is the fact that these nuts believe in their warped minds that it's a high honor and that they'll be rewarded with 72 virgins in paradise the moment they pull the pin.