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| Iraq |
| 100 Muslim Men Denied Quicky Divorces - Female Suicide Cell Busted |
| 2008-03-05 |
| 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. The U.S. military also detained the commander of the women suicide cell. Officials said the male commander was based in Ghalibiya in western Diyala. U.S. military commander 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. "We are going after Al Qaida relentlessly wherever they are, and wherever we can find them, we put our teeth into their jugular," Petraeus said on March 2. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 Does this imply that the vests have an arming device/process to preclude preplanned detonation by some lovely who freaks out in the armory? Must be a remote which would then allow the 'good guys' to jam them or predetonate them on signal saturation. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-05 21:45 |
| #4 I suspect that with all of those AQ and Anti-US Iraqi's being killed that there - - - - Sorry, my eyes lied to me during review... |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-03-05 21:00 |
| #3 I suspect that with all of those AQ and Anti-US Iraqi's that there a lot of widows/singles that are easy targets for this type of thing. Especially if there is not a decent support system from the clans/tribes. Promise to take care of the kids & you've got a candidate for an explosive belt. I plead ignorance on the matter but I'm a suspicious soul. Anyone with more insight? |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-03-05 20:55 |
| #2 Today's Woman is liberated even in her Allah-decreed inferior position, JosephM, as free to murder dozens while committing suicide as her menfolk. /The thought process is amazing, I must admit. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-05 19:03 |
| #1 Looks like somebody missed the Islamic military history quiz on Saladin, Suleiman, etc. forbidding the use of women in combat-war. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-05 18:24 |