A former Navy SEAL from Virginia Beach was killed in the suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

Neighbors of Jeremy Wise say he was among the Americans killed Wednesday by a suicide bomber targeting CIA members.

A picture of Wise was posted on a Facebook page set up in his honor.


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The Facebook page states that Wise is a former Navy SEAL who was working as a security contractor in Khost, Afghanistan.

The suicide bomber struck the CIA's operation at Camp Chaman in eastern Khost Province Wednesday.

Today the Pakistani Taliban claim they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out the suicide bombing. They say it was revenge for a top militant eader's death in a US missile strike.

The Pakistani Taliban say they wanted to damage the CIA's ability to launch missile strikes in Pakistan.