US says women suicide bombers seeking revenge in Iraq

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hb0G8vokARTUIFw0A2QwSeAh45tA

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BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — In the war-ravaged streets of Iraq, US-led forces say insurgents are recruiting women driven by despair or revenge to act as suicide bombers in the latest tactic against coalition troops.

Motivated by poverty, desperation or vengeance against the US-led military they blame for the deaths of family members, vulnerable women are easy prey for insurgents promising them a place in a paradise afterlife.

Thursday evening a female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 20 after she detonated her explosives-filled vest in Baquba, the capital of Diyala, one of the most dangerous regions in the country.

The bomber targeted a Sahwa or Awakening patrol of Iraqi forces -- former insurgents recruited to fight Al-Qaeda in Iraq and paid by the US military.

[billyoc]

1. Maybe we should just leave.

You know, just see what happens. :shrug:

[OwnedByFerrets]

2. You have to have some very strong reasons for strapping a bomb

to you and exploding it. Revenge is a big one. Monkeyboy created many more enemies in Iraq than there were in the world before we invaded this poor country.

[Arctic Dave]

4. Bill Maher had it right when he said it takes a lot

more guts to strap a bomb to yourself and detonate, then it it does to press a button in an air conditioned room.

I don't understand what people don't get, if you kill peoples families they might want to get even with you. Whether it was actually you who did it or not. To them, as long as you have an American patch on your uniform, that is enough for them.

[EFerrari]

5. Yeah he was right. That's why he was fired. He was too right. n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. They dont get it ....

because they are arrogant sons of bitches. Might is right and amerika has the might. :mad:

[EFerrari]

3. "Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes."

-- Rumsfeld, who should know all about mistakes and crimes, right?

[Bobbie Jo]

6. yeah, but the SURGE IS WORKING

:shrug: