FOB Chapman

Map of Afghanistan with Khost Province on the south-eastern border

Afghanistan; highlighted: Khost Province

FOB Chapman (also: "Camp Chapman") is a Forward Operating Base (FOB) near Chost . It was built near a military airfield on the site of an Afghan military base , originally for a Provincial Reconstruction Team , and is currently used by the CIA , particularly the Special Activities Division .

It is named after Nathan Ross Chapman (1970–2002), the first American soldier to be killed in the war in Afghanistan since 2001 .

On December 30, 2009, a double agent, Jordanian doctor Homam Khaleel Mohammad Abu Malla, gained access to the interior of the FOB and blew himself up, killing six other victims and the head of the base, Jennifer Lynne Matthews . This assassination is portrayed in the feature film Zero Dark Thirty .

Web links

Daniel Nasaw: Taliban suicide attack kills CIA agents at US outpost in Afghanistan. In: The Guardian. December 31, 2009, accessed on February 25, 2013 : "The attack occurred inside the gym"

Individual evidence

^ Siobhan Gorman: Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan Devastates Critical Hub for CIA Activities . In: Wall Street Journal , Jan. 1, 2010.
↑ Source: 2 killed in Afghanistan bombing were security contractors. In: CNN. 2009, accessed on 25 February 2013 : "A US military source Noted did what Chapman originally a base for the Khost Provincial Construction Team, but the team left some time ago. A US intelligence official would not discuss the specific mission of the base but acknowledged that it was a crucial CIA post and a "hub of activity."
^ Base Chief among 7 CIA Employees Killed. In: CBS / Associated Press. December 31, 2009, accessed on March 25, 2013 : "NATO said only that FOB Chapman, in Khost, is used by provincial reconstruction teams, which consist of both soldiers and civilians, and other personnel."
↑ Double Agent Al Balawi: The Deceiver. Der Tagesspiegel , January 6, 2010, accessed on January 1, 2011 .
↑ Who was who in the hunt for bin Laden , The Week , April 30, 2013, accessed July 19, 2013
^ Shah, Amir: CIA Director: 7 CIA workers killed in Afghanistan. Retrieved February 25, 2013 : "Former CIA officials said the base chief, a mother of three, would have directed and coordinated CIA operations and intelligence gathering in the province, a hotbed of Taliban and insurgent activity because of its proximity to Pakistan's lawless tribal region."

[WSJ_Devastates-1] Siobhan Gorman: Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan Devastates Critical Hub for CIA Activities . In: Wall Street Journal , Jan. 1, 2010.

[CNN2009-2] Source: 2 killed in Afghanistan bombing were security contractors. In: CNN. 2009, accessed on 25 February 2013 : "A US military source Noted did what Chapman originally a base for the Khost Provincial Construction Team, but the team left some time ago. A US intelligence official would not discuss the specific mission of the base but acknowledged that it was a crucial CIA post and a "hub of activity."

[AP_Director-3] Base Chief among 7 CIA Employees Killed. In: CBS / Associated Press. December 31, 2009, accessed on March 25, 2013 : "NATO said only that FOB Chapman, in Khost, is used by provincial reconstruction teams, which consist of both soldiers and civilians, and other personnel."

[4] Double Agent Al Balawi: The Deceiver. Der Tagesspiegel , January 6, 2010, accessed on January 1, 2011 .

[5] Who was who in the hunt for bin Laden , The Week , April 30, 2013, accessed July 19, 2013

[AP2009-6] Shah, Amir: CIA Director: 7 CIA workers killed in Afghanistan. Retrieved February 25, 2013 : "Former CIA officials said the base chief, a mother of three, would have directed and coordinated CIA operations and intelligence gathering in the province, a hotbed of Taliban and insurgent activity because of its proximity to Pakistan's lawless tribal region."