Terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami hero is Palestinian Humam Khalil al-Balawi al-Qaeda agent who carried out suicide bombing at CIA base Afghanistan.
Terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami hero is 'Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi' an al-Qaeda triple agent who carried out a deadly suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan on December 30, 2009. Initially radicalized, Humam al-Balawi, a Palestinian doctor, was arrested by the Jordanian General Intelligence Department and seemingly flipped to act as a double agent to help track high-value targets like Al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri (this is prior to killing bin-Laden in 2011). Gaining the trust of both Jordanian and American intelligence by supplying selective information, he convinced handlers he had urgent intelligence on top leadership and was invited to the remote Khost base without undergoing standard physical security vetting or searches. Humam Khalil al-Balawi a Palestinian doctor and Al-Qagent detonated a suicide vest bomb at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan. The blast killed seven CIA personnel and Jordanian Captain Sharif Ali bin Zeid. al-Balawi ...