'I wanted To Be A Martyr And Kill Israeli Soldiers'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-26-2004 | Toby Harnden

[blam]

'I wanted to be a martyr and kill Israeli soldiers'

By Toby Harnden
(Filed: 26/02/2004)

A woman suicide bomber arrested by Israeli forces as she prepared to blow up a Tel Aviv bus station vowed yesterday to carry out a successful "martyr attack" as soon as she is freed from jail.

"Yes, I will do it again if I can," said Obeida Khalil, 27. "When I put the suicide explosives belt on I felt very happy, very content. I was angry when they caught me because I was not able to be a martyr.

"I wanted to be the first female martyr and to kill as many Israeli soldiers as possible. I chose the bus station because my brother blew himself up there."

There have been seven female Palestinian suicide bombers. Two of them alone have claimed 25 lives. Another 24 bombers, including Khalil, have been stopped before they could strike.

Speaking to The Telegraph in her cell in HaSharon prison near Netanya, Khalil, a member of Islamic Jihad from the village of Beit Wazan, near Nablus, said she had been pushed to act because of the Israeli occupation and the "murder" of her fiance.

"Four days before our wedding, he went up on the roof and he was shot dead by an Israeli helicopter. If we had been married, then I would have had children. I would have done other things for the jihad besides being a martyr.

"But before he died we had discussed being martyrs by blowing ourselves up together. With the help of God, we said, maybe both of us would do it and then we would be together forever."

Khalil is one of 74 female Palestinian prisoners kept in a special wing at HaSharon. It is divided between prisoners linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement in one segregated group and Hamas and Islamic Jihad inmates in the other. They are kept locked up 21 hours a day in tiny shared cells and allowed three hours exercise in the wing's central yard. One prisoner had a baby and will be allowed to keep him until he is two.

Kaiera Sa'idi, 26, serving a life sentence for driving a suicide bomber, said she knew what she was doing might mean she would never see her four children again. "But I felt it was my duty and I believe God will take care of them."

Most of Khalil's time is spent reading the Koran, doing needlework and preparing what she feels she must do when released. Arrested 20 months ago, Khalil is serving a five-year sentence. Relatives are not allowed to visit because several family members have been suicide bombers.

Her mother, she said, understood why she wanted to kill herself. "Every Muslim wants to be a martyr. It was in me before I was born. The Israelis took my land and our state was conquered.

"People in Europe do not understand us but if they lived in Palestine they wouldn't ask questions about why we do what we do."

Although Khalil wanted to blow up soldiers in her planned attack in Tel Aviv she said it was legitimate to kill Jewish children because one day they would serve in the Israeli army.

"The children of the first intifada [1987-1993] are the soldiers killing innocent Palestinian children now."

Israeli intelligence officers believe that the number of female suicide bombers is increasing because they attract less suspicion than Palestinian men.

Some women, they claim, have carried out attacks to remove the shame of adulterous relationships or other breaches of Islamic custom.

[observer5]

The FACE OF ISLAM!

[BykrBayb]

Sounds like a very loving family, from a religion of peace. /sarcasm

[Myrddin]

She should be lashed to a pole, painted in pork fat, re-strapped with her bomb and detonated from a safe distance. Let her commit suicide where the blast will do no damage to other people or their private property.

[Dick Vomer]

She must have just seen the "Passion of Christ" ..... right??? I mean who else would be "anti-semetic" ??

She's probably a card carrying Republican with ties to Katherine Harris and George Bush. I bet she belongs in the NRA and is also "homophobic".............. oh

............she's what?..... she's a muslim... you mean the "Religion of Peace"?

Nevermind!

[PokeyJoe]

Pathetic muslims, selfish, greedy, full of avarice, sloth, loathsome, devoid of mercy - and all Arab.

[Tempest]

The funniest part is that many leftist will support this womans maddness and defend the actions of Islamic militants as fair retribution.

It's also funny that many of these same leftist will call a movie produced by an "evil conservative" like Mel Gibson a anti-semetic hate inspiring film.

[Eala]

she said it was legitimate to kill Jewish children because one day they would...

Hm. Haven't we heard that before, somewhere...?

[reagan_fanatic]

"I chose the bus station because my brother blew himself up there."

Ahh, those crazy muslim kids. They blow up so fast.

[RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS]

Stuff her full of couscous and then inject..........

"PORK FAT RULES"

STRING HER REMAINING FAMILY UP

BULLDOZE THE NEIGHBOR HOOD:)

[N. Theknow]

"I chose the bus station because my brother blew himself up there."

She tried to take over the family business.

[BOOTSTICK]

Maybe if these Islamofacists actually read the Quran, more specifically Sura 5 verses 20-23, where it says "Allah has bestowed Israel upon the Jews, and if they flee, they will be forever shamed" then they wouldn't look so idiotic.

[Chris Talk]

Who WOULDN'T flee, with Moozies taking over?

[AD 638-40 AD: Moozies take over Israel]

[Lijahsbubbe]

Four days before our wedding, he went up on the roof and he was shot dead by an Israeli helicopter. If we had been married, then I would have had children.

Woops. Guess that put the kibosh on that one....

[Lijahsbubbe]

Some women, they claim, have carried out attacks to remove the shame of adulterous relationships or other breaches of Islamic custom.Pali TV Commercials:

"Achmed's home already and dinner's not even done...hmmmm....what to do....guess I'll blow myself up!!"

"Can't get that stubborn stain out? Blow it up!"

"Ladies, caught driving again? Call ACME Dynamite, we can help!"

[saquin]

I love how the article almost tries to make it sound like she is avenging the death of her "murdered", "innocent" husband.

"...said she had been pushed to act because of the Israeli occupation and the "murder" of her fiance. 'Four days before our wedding, he went up on the roof and he was shot dead by an Israeli helicopter."

However, as you read further you see that both she and her husband had always planned to be "martyrs":

"But before he died we had discussed being martyrs by blowing ourselves up together. With the help of God, we said, maybe both of us would do it and then we would be together forever."

Somehow I doubt her husband was up on that roof for innocent reasons.

[saquin]

Oops, I mean "fiance", not "husband".

[Solamente]

"Four days before our wedding, he went up on the roof and he was shot dead by an Israeli helicopter. Why, he was only admiring a new fishing pole in the sunlight!"

[DarthMaulrulesok]

Israel needs to use "Blackjack Pershing" methods to deal with people like this. Round up some of her terror-wannabe friends, (preferably, people like her caught before they detonate). March them out, tie them to poles, and then bring in some pigs. Cook the pigs on the spot, and then organize the firing squads. Dip the bullets into pork fat, and then tell the terroristas: "When we kill you, we will bury you with the offal from the pigs. You will never see paradise."

Then shoot all of them. Pershing used to let one go when he was fighting Islamic tribesmen during the Phillipine insurrection so he could spread the word on what would happen to them if they attacked Americans. Today we could simply show the videos to select members of their families.

[Alouette]

'I wanted to be a martyr and kill Israeli soldiers'

My son wanted to be an Israeli soldier and kill terrorist bombers.