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Video purportedly of a Jordanian who blew up CIA agents in Afghanistan has shown him vowing revenge for Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's death.Video purportedly of a Jordanian who blew up CIA agents in Afghanistan has shown him vowing revenge for Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's death.
In a clip broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, a man said to be bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi says Mehsud must be avenged "inside and outside America".In a clip broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, a man said to be bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi says Mehsud must be avenged "inside and outside America".
A Pakistani TV station showed video of the purported bomber with the Taliban chief's successor, Hakimullah Mehsud. The footage appears to show him next to Mehsud's successor, Hakimullah Mehsud, although he is not named in the video.
The clips' authenticity is unconfirmed. Eight people died in the bomb attack. The clip's authenticity is unconfirmed. Eight people died in the bomb attack.
Seven were US CIA agents and one was a Jordanian intelligence officer.Seven were US CIA agents and one was a Jordanian intelligence officer.
The attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Afghanistan's Khost province was the deadliest against US intelligence officials since the US embassy in Beirut was bombed in 1983.The attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Afghanistan's Khost province was the deadliest against US intelligence officials since the US embassy in Beirut was bombed in 1983.
'Blood of our leader'
In the video clip shown on al-Jazeera, the man purported to be al-Balawi says he is sending a message to the "enemies of Islam", who he names as Jordan's intelligence and the CIA.In the video clip shown on al-Jazeera, the man purported to be al-Balawi says he is sending a message to the "enemies of Islam", who he names as Jordan's intelligence and the CIA.
"We say that we will never forget the blood of our leader, Baitullah Mehsud," he says."We say that we will never forget the blood of our leader, Baitullah Mehsud," he says.
"What remains is to avenge him inside and outside America.""What remains is to avenge him inside and outside America."
Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US missile attack in the tribal region of South Waziristan on 6 August last year. The man in the clip says the Pakistani Taliban leader paid with his life for offering to shelter al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad reports.
The IntelCenter, a US-based group monitoring extremist sites, said the video had been released by the Pakistani branch of the Taliban, the AFP news agency reports.
Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US missile attack in the tribal region of South Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan, on 6 August last year.
Two months later, the Pakistani military launched a major offensive in the region.
More than 600 people have died in militant attacks in Pakistan since then, most of them believed to be in reprisal for the army's campaign against the Taliban.
Correspondents say Hakimullah Mehsud is thought to be in South Waziristan.