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| Iraq |
| Boomer babe kills 5 |
| 2005-09-29 |
| A woman suicide bomber blew herself up at an Iraqi police recruitment centre yesterday, killing five people in an attack claimed by Al Qaedaâs Iraq frontman Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi. In Tal Afar in northern Iraq, a woman pushed her way into a crowd and blew herself up at a police recruitment centre in the first insurgent attack in the there since Iraqi forces announced the end of military operations 10 days ago. It was believed to be the first attack by a female suicide bomber since the end of the 2003 US-led war to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Speaking from his hospital bed, Jumaa Mohammed, one of the 35 wounded, said the attack was carried out by a woman wearing Islamic dress. âIt was a young woman. She pushed her way through the crowd and then there was an explosion.â Zarqawiâs group claimed responsibility in an Internet statement that could not be verified. âAn honorable sister from the martyrdom-seeking Al-Baraa bin Malek Brigade ... carried out a heroic attack against a group of volunteers to the ranks of apostasy ... at an apostate recruitment centre in Tal Afar,â it said. The two US soldiers were killed and another wounded in a bomb attack near Safwan in southern Iraq near the Kuwaiti border, while a Marine was killed in a shooting attack in Ramadi on Tuesday. An Iraqi policeman and a civilian were also killed when they were caught in gunfire against a Jordanian embassy car, an official said in Amman. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw also warned of âmore dark momentsâ in Iraq. Despite the relentless violence, an opinion poll found that more than 80 per cent of Iraqis would vote in the October 15 referendum on the draft constitution, a key stage in the post-Saddam political transition. At the same time, 49 per cent said they believed the charter expressed the will of the people, against only 30 per cent who said ânoâ. However, 47 per cent said they were not totally satisfied that all ethnic and religious groups were fully able to take part in drafting the constitution, a document which has deeply divided the countryâs ethnic groups. The survey put electricity shortages at the top of Iraqisâ everyday concerns, followed by ethnic tension and religious tension. Foreign nations with troops in Iraq hope the consitution vote and Decemberâs elections will pave the way for a withdrawal of their forces once Iraqi security is deemed competent enough. As part of that plan, US forces handed over military control of Karbala to Iraqi forces, making it only the second city where local forces are fully responsible for security following Najaf. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 "The Struggle" thanks you, martyr baby. Manolo! Call my broker! And get Damascus cable in here to fix the porn channel! |
| Posted by: Zarqawi 2005-09-29 09:58 |
| #1 I wonder whether she made a bad mistake in her choice of lover, or if she was making amends the hard way for having been raped -- that is, after all, the Palestinian Way of getting girls to go boom. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-29 08:37 |