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Mir Aimal Kansi  

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  • In 1993, Mir Aimal Kansi (or Kasi), a Pakistani national, attacked the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two people; he was executed in 2002. Born in 1964 to a wealthy family in Quetta, Pakistan, Kansi inherited about $100,000 after his father's death. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Kansi, Mir Aimal (1964–2002)]

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