CIA activities in Asia and the Pacific

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Camp Chapman attack, Laotian Civil War, Geneva Agreements, CIA activities in Vietnam, CIA activities in Laos, CIA activities in Indonesia, CIA activities in South Korea, CIA activities in Uzbekistan, CIA activities in China, CIA activities in Cambodia, CIA activities in North Korea, Black Bat Squadron, CIA activities in Australia, CIA activities in New Zealand, CIA activities in the Philippines, CIA activities in Japan, CIA activities in Thailand, CIA activities in Singapore. Excerpt: Mountain Viper Asbury Park Perth Chora Firebase Anaconda Shewan Balamorghab Derapet AirstrikesHyderabad Sayyd Alma Kalay Gora Prai Azizabad Granai Deh Bala Sangin Uruzgan Insurgent attacksBagram Air Base Baghlan Camp Chapman The Camp Chapman attack was a suicide attack against Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan, on December 30, 2009. The base is located near the eastern Afghan city of Khost, in a stronghold of the Taliban movement. One of the main tasks of the CIA operatives stationed at the base was to provide information for drone attacks against targets in Pakistan. Seven CIA operatives, including the chief of the base, and an officer of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate were killed, and six others were seriously wounded when the attacker detonated a bomb he was carrying. The bombing was the most lethal attack against the CIA in more than 25 years. Only the 1983 United States embassy bombing surpasses the Chapman attack in number of CIA officers killed. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, and western intelligence officials identified the attacker as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian doctor. While the CIA thought that al-Balawi would be an important informant who could help the intelligence agency to capture top leaders of the Taliban and al-Qaeda, he actually was loyal to insurgents fighting against the U.S.-led military forces in Afghanistan. The attack took place as the CIA expanded its role in the Afghanistan War, increasing paramilitary operations, including drone attacks in Pakistan, and building a number of bases in the southern and eastern provinces of Afghanistan. The U.S. then requested that Pakistan arrest and extradite an insurgency leader, and intensified drone attacks in the northern area of Pakistan. The U.S. military then issued new security guidances to its bases in Afghanistan. The CIA and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation investigate