Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- The wife of an alleged suicide bomber who killed eight people at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week says she is shocked by his actions but "proud" of what he did. Defne Bayrak, the Turkish wife of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi -- a Jordanian doctor identified as the attacker -- said she doubted accusations her husband had been an intelligence agent, but was satisfied he did not die in vain. "I am proud of my husband. My husband accomplished a very big operation in such a war," she told reporters. "If he is a martyr, may God accept his martyrdom."
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Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi thought to be bomber who killed 7 CIA operatives
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The Jordanian grew up a loner, wanted to go to medical school, mother says
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His wife, a translator in Turkey, "shocked" to hear what he had been accused of
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Al-Balawi's father said he received call from Afghan saying son died a hero
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