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Coalition rolls up 100-woman suicide cell in raid of Iraq safe house

by nukegingrich | March 5, 2008 at 03:01 pm | 467 views | 3 comments | 2 recommendations

BAGHDAD — Iraq has captured an Al Qaida-aligned cell that recruited
and deployed women for suicide operations.
On March 1, Iraqi and U.S. troops raided a suspected Al Qaida safe house
in Al Makhesa, in northeastern Diyala. Officials said scores of suspected
women operatives recruited as suicide bombers were arrested.
The women suicide cell was said to have consisted of 100 operatives.

Officials said Al Qaida has increased its use of women for suicide
operations.
The women cell was said to have operated in the Diyala province.
Officials said some of the women were recruited by their husbands for
suicide operations against Iraqi and U.S. forces.

Gen. David Petraeus reported a slight increase
in suicide-vest attacks in Iraq. He said the suicide vests were being handed
to women, regarded as being more capable of reaching their targets than car
bombs.

Good grief.

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René

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at 15:39 on March 5th, 2008

OMG, their husbands recruited some of them! Muslim women/suicide bombers given the choice of Islamic martyrdom or being stoned to death with all the dishonor for them and their children, etc., has been reported in the past. But 100! Were they all women, or were their husbands rolled up too?

nukegingrich, I like this story. It's good stuff.

nukegingrich

at 17:25 on March 5th, 2008

Were their husbands rolled up too?

I don't know, but it would seem like a good place to start.

Thanks for the GS!

Swan

at 19:36 on March 5th, 2008

Hello Nukegingrich,

I read once that these women undergo weeks of training [read: brainwashing] regarding their worthlessness in the eyes of Allah. They were told that redemption was to be theirs if they committed suicide in his name. All ties were severed with their families for months prior to their use.

It sickens me. However, it was a good article to find and very newsworthy!
~ Swan