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Iran trains female ninjas as potential assassins
2012-02-18
Three thousand Iranian women being trained as ninja warriors say they will use their martial arts skills to defend the country if necessary. Scores of black-clad female "ninja" fighters whose ages range from 5 to 56 are just a handful of 3,000 women in Iran who are being trained as lethal warriors at a school in Tehran.

"We train women to have strength and ability. We have to do everything in our power to protect our homeland," said Akbar Faraji, who runs the school.

One of the fighters who has been training for over 13 years said, "Our aim is for Iranian women to be strengthened and if a problem arises, we will definitely declare our readiness to defend our Islamic homeland."

Iran has proclaimed advances in nuclear technology, including new centrifuges able to enrich uranium, a move that has heightened its confrontation with the West over suspicions it is planning to make nuclear weapons.

On Friday, the Home Secretary, William Hague told The Telegraph that Iran's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction could trigger a "new Cold War."
Posted by:tipper

#9  in Saudi or Pakistain?
Posted by: Frank G   2012-02-18 22:00  

#8  whose ages range from 5 to 56

Just noticed that bit. However well trained, are there many deadly kindergartners?
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-02-18 21:48  

#7  Does their training include kegal exercises? I hope so!
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2012-02-18 21:34  

#6  who's gonna drive them to their assignments? After all, they can't drive themselves, right? Sticking them in a burqa will surely help their dedication and assimilation skills. Can they jump through flaming hoops?
Posted by: Frank G   2012-02-18 21:25  

#5  Are these the same lot videotaped a few years ago sliding down ropes three stories up in full regalia, only their eyes showing through slits in their veils? If so, like the dancing bear, it is not that they do it well, but that they are able to do anything at all.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-02-18 21:05  

#4  Daffy's fembots had to go somewhere...
Posted by: Steve White   2012-02-18 18:06  

#3  Three thousand Iranian women being trained as ninja warriors say they will use their martial arts skills to defend the country if necessary

Shades of Japan toward the end of WWII?
Posted by: Pappy   2012-02-18 15:45  

#2  Hopefully they'll use their newfound lethal knowledge to assassinate their oppressive clerics.
Posted by: gromky   2012-02-18 14:20  

#1  The trouble is that they look like Catherine Bell, and have been authorized by their masters to wear lingerie and bikinis so they can "blend in".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-02-18 12:59  

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