Article

2008-02-21 Iraq

Iraq Moves To Halt Use of The Disabled In Bombings

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2008-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 You'd literally have to be a frickin retard to join Al-Qaida now.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-02-21 07:51|| 2008-02-21 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The two bomb mules may not have had Down's syndrome. They could just have been mentally disturbed but knew what they were doing.
US: Bombers didn't have Down syndrome
Lt. Gen. Abboud Qanbar, the chief Iraqi military commander in Baghdad, said soon after the attacks that photos of the women's heads showed they had Down syndrome, but he did not offer any other proof.

A U.S. military spokesman for the Baghdad area, Lt. Col. Steve Stover, also said at the time that medical experts with his division had examined the photos and agreed the women probably suffered from the genetic disorder. "They were both females and they both looked like they had Down syndrome," Stover said on Feb. 2.

A cell phone image of one of the heads viewed by The Associated Press was inconclusive.

There was speculation that the heads could have been distorted by the blast, leading police initially to believe they had Down syndrome.

On Wednesday, Smith backed away from the claim about Down syndrome while responding to a question concerning the psychiatric histories of the two bombers.

"Both had recently received psychiatric treatment for depression and/or schizophrenia. From what we know now there's no indication that they had Down syndrome," Smith said, citing records obtained by the military.

Posted by ed 2008-02-21 08:31|| 2008-02-21 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 "This is a depressed schizophrenic homicide bomber free school zone"

Just not gentleman's billiards you see; with their sense of honour I am quite sure they will comply.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-02-21 12:55|| 2008-02-21 12:55|| Front Page Top

#4 #1: You'd literally have to be a frickin retard to join Al-Qaida now.

Did from the beginning, it must suck to have to pull from the bottom of the retarded ranks.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-21 19:33|| 2008-02-21 19:33|| Front Page Top

23:50 JosephMendiola
23:47 JosephMendiola
23:37 JosephMendiola
23:34 Zhang Fei
23:21 JosephMendiola
23:04 tkat
22:28 Glenmore
22:23 JosephMendiola
22:11 JosephMendiola
22:03 John fn Kerry
21:59 SteveS
21:50 Abdominal Snowman
21:37 regular joe
21:35 Alaska Paul
21:34 JosephMendiola
21:31 Seafarious
21:30 SteveS
21:28 SteveS
21:25 JosephMendiola
21:18 Theresa Heinz Kerry
21:14 DMFD
21:11 Darrell
21:10 John fn Kerry
21:06 sinse