MORE ON AFGHAN ATTACK – AT 8:10 A.M. ET:  It seems that the CIA bore the brunt of the suicide bombing in Afghanistan, suffering its worst losses in many years.  From The New York Times:

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest and an Afghan National Army uniform killed at least eight American civilians, most of them C.I.A. officers, at a remote base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to NATO officials and former American intelligence officials.

The bomber who struck the base in Khost Province was wearing an Afghan National Army uniform, said two NATO sources on Thursday. Both of them asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the subject. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.

COMMENT:  There will be as many questions asked about this attack as about the airline bombing.  How did this man get onto the base and so close to CIA operatives?  Was he targeting the CIA, or was it only coincidental that those killed worked for, or allegedly worked for, the agency? 

Four Canadian soldiers were killed in another attack.  Canada is withdrawing from Afghanistan, and the deaths of four Canadian soldiers will do nothing to encourage other NATO nations to fill the gap. 

Our foreign enemies have gotten more, not less, aggressive in 2009.  I wonder why.

December 31,  2009