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despite constantly writing on the subject. He was deeply affected by the occupation of "Islamic lands" by United States. She said that he had wanted to go to the conflict areas before but was unable because
Jordanian intelligence strictly controls access of suspicious people to these areas. According to her he wasn't tortured during the 3 day arrest and was given a Quran to read but was prohibited from reading it out loud. She says it is probable that it was during interrogation that he convinced the intelligence agencies and gained easy exit to Pakistan. She denies knowing anything about his connection to intelligence services but admits concealing from his parents that he was in Pakistan and not in Turkey. She also expressed great pride in her husband's suicide attack.
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room on a website that she accessed to learn Arabic. It is also said that CIA officials brought a file, containing information on al-Balawi and questions to ask during interrogation, and gave it to
Istanbul Anti-Terror Branch Directorate. However, Istanbul Security Directorate denied any CIA involvement. Later, she gave extensive interviews to
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After Al-Balawi's death, his wife Defne Bayrak was interrogated for almost five hours by
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Her main point during interviews was that al-Balawi never worked for CIA or
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and other militant group leaders. He further claimed that the
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535:"CIA Afghan base bomber was Qaeda triple agent: militants"
709:"Defne Bayrak gave testimony to the police for 5 hours"
537:. Agence France Press. January 5, 2010. Archived from
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560:Windrem, Robert; Engel, Richard (4 January 2010).
433:"CIA Bomber Coerced to Work for Jordan Spy Agency"
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941:"CIA bomber's widow: No tears for killed mom"
614:"CIA bomber said to be al Qaeda double agent"
483:Warrick, Joby; Finn, Peter (5 January 2010).
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161:of the country, when the family moved to
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411:"Bomber at CIA base was a double agent"
381:"CIA suicide bomber was a triple agent"
379:Ma'ayeh, Suha Philip (5 January 2010).
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413:. Associated Press. 5 January 2010
348:"CIA Blast Blamed On Double Agent"
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304:Interrogation of Al-Balawi's wife
260:In his last statement issued by
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