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| UK woman taught to be a bomber |
| 2007-06-13 |
| The former wife of a British Islamist extremist said on Monday that her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing against the UK. Speaking exclusively to the BBC’s ‘Newsnight’ programme, the woman said her husband had instructed her on how to strap an explosive belt around her body. She also said that she had been warned that “something big” would happen about three weeks before the 2005 London bombings. The woman, whose identity is being kept anonymous by the BBC for security reasons, said her husband was a threat to the UK and had been completely “brainwashed”. She said her husband is known to have fallen in with UK extremists sympathetic to the aims of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. During the interview, the woman told Newsnight’s Richard Watson that her husband and his fellow extremists would talk about what they believed to be their duty to follow a course of “jihad” in this case referring to attacks against perceived enemies of Muslims. “He used to say we should all follow jihad, giving an example of a female suicide bomber in India who had given her life for jihad,” she said in the interview. “My husband told me I should join him and participate in jihad as well.” The woman told Watson that her husband had attempted to instruct her in ways to turn herself into a suicide bomber by concealing explosives under baggy, traditional Islamic clothing. “He would tell me how to use a [bomb] belt around the waist,” she said. “Whenever he would discuss these matters I would just ignore him and go to the kitchen.” |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 The former wife of a British Islamist extremist said on Monday that her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing against the UK. Islamic divorce is so final. Who gets the kids? Don't worry, they get blown up for allan too. |
| Posted by: Percy Shons8635 2007-06-13 17:28 |
| #5 Imagine if they had kids. They would be used also. That is what it is coming to. No one is above suspicion regardless what the ACLU and 60 Minutes says. Especially critical now that Chertoff has revealed what a incompetent ass he really is. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-06-13 10:21 |
| #4 She's spillin' the beans on hubby? *sniff* *sniff* Is that an honor killing I smell? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-06-13 09:19 |
| #3 Whenever he would discuss these matters I would just ignore him and go to the kitchen Sounds familiar... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2007-06-13 04:39 |
| #2 *sigh* a marriage made in Islamic Heaven. |
| Posted by: Mr. Jihad Jilter 2007-06-13 02:26 |
| #1 ...her husband had suggested she carry out a suicide bombing... Ahhh. True Love... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2007-06-13 00:44 |