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Iraq: Al-Qaeda 'used 24 child suicide bombers in last two years |
2008-10-02 |
![]() American soldiers stationed in Iraq have reported that the insurgency has armed children as young as 11 to fight against them. Al-Qaeda is targeting orphans, street children and mentally disabled children as suicide bomber recruits as well as women, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry. There have been at least 16 suicide attacks carried out by women in recent months in the volatile Al-Qaeda stronghold of Diyala province, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Iraqi children in general make up 20 percent of the civilian victims of bomb attacks in the country. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Remember this vignette of news the next time some looney starts tsk-tsking Gitmo and American policy, etc. These f**kers are even human, they are not even up to the level of whale s**t. |
Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-10-02 13:17 |