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Wednesday, October 29, 2003

A member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana who was working for the CIA was killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, the CIA said on Tuesday.

William Carlson, 43, was one of two ex-Special Forces officers killed while tracking terrorists in the country, the CIA said. They were involved in a six-hour gunfight between Taliban rebels and U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces on Saturday, the CIA said.

Carlson lived in North Carolina but his uncle told The Great Falls Tribune that he would return to the Blackfeet Reservation for ceremonies and other events.

Get the Story:
CIA Statement on the Deaths of Civilian Contractors in Afghanistan (CIA 10/28)
Blackfeet man dies in ambush (The Great Falls Tribune 10/29)
2 CIA Employees Killed in Ambush (The Washington Post 10/29)

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