Re: How long does it take t train Arabs to be soldiers??
Thanks for your insight!!! A big help!! You racist scumbag!!!
And you thought I was joking .... good news about the muslims though is they don't discriminate based on sex if you want to serve for the cause. Liberals should be proud of that fact alone.
Female bomber kills 16 near government complex
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<LI _extended="true">Police officers, women, children among casualties, officials say
<LI _extended="true">Authorities say women are increasingly offering themselves up for suicide missions
<LI _extended="true">Officials: Al Qaeda preys on women who are illiterate, religious, in financial straits
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded 40 Sunday when she detonated her explosives in a crowded area of central Baquba, police there said.
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<!-- /PURGE: /2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/art.female.bmb.ap.jpg --><!--endclickprintexclude-->Police, women and children were among the casualties, according to the Diyala Military Operations command.
The attack happened near the main government complex in Baquba on a street that security officials had sealed off last week. Only official vehicles were being allowed in the area; civilian vehicles without special clearance were prohibited.
More than 20 female suicide bombers have carried out attacks in Iraq this year, a number much higher than in previous years. According to the U.S. military, women carried out eight bombings in 2007.
Authorities said that
al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting women and that increasing numbers of women are volunteering for missions.
The women are desperate and hopeless, officials said, and most have pre-existing ties to the insurgency. Their primary motive is revenge for a male family member killed by U.S. or Iraqi forces, the officials said.
"We do see certain members of cells attempting to persuade women -- specifically, in many cases, wives of those who have been killed as terrorists -- to conduct suicide operations," U.S. Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling said recently. His area of operations includes the volatile Diyala province.
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<!--endclickprintexclude-->Hertling's troops in Diyala have launched operations targeting relatives of suspected female bombers, as they attempt to break up the rings that are recruiting the women and girls.
Intelligence gathered from detainees indicates that al Qaeda in Iraq is looking for women with three main characteristics: those who are illiterate, are deeply religious or who have financial struggles.
Women in the last category often have money problems because they've lost the male head of the household, officials said.
Females always have played a role in the insurgency in
Iraq, helping feed militants, hiding them in their homes and helping sneak weapons around the country.
They have proved to be effective in their operations because women are not to be searched by men for cultural and religious reasons.
The U.S. military has created a program called the Daughters of Iraq, similar to the U.S.-backed Sons of Iraq, across the Sunni regions of the country. The Daughters of Iraq are being trained to conduct searches of women. <!--startclickprintexclude-->
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