Jordan Captures Wife of Suicide Bomber

Yahoo News (AP) ^ | 11/13/2005 | AP (Jamal Halaby and Zeina Karam )

[Blood of Tyrants]

Failed? Maybe she just wanted to be rid of the loser.

[U S Army EOD]

This should prove to be very interesting.

[U S Army EOD]

The old, "lets kill ourselves, you go first, trick".

[FReepaholic]

...When the husband noticed his wife was having trouble detonating her bomb by pulling its primer cord, he "pushed her out of the ballroom. ...

Odd that they both were at the same hotel.

[tsmith130]

He said intelligence officials were interrogating the woman.

I'm guessing that's not a pleasant thing. She's probably wishing by now she hadn't fumbled with that cord.

[rang1995]

hmmmm...so it wasnt the israelis??? as many ARAB's in the streets of jordon believe???

[OldFriend]

Now the media is having orgasms over the fact that bubba will be touring the bombed hotel, visiting with the king and queen and having a press conference.

DISGUSTING PIG!

[najida]

Considering she would be a glorified dorm mother for the 72 virgins, I can see why she went "oh dear, bye dear"

[Enterprise]

"The involvement of al-Zarqawi in the triple hotel bombings is a worrying development for the region, indicating that the feared terrorist or his leaders have deadly designs and abilities beyond war-ravaged Iraq's borders."

I'll ask the obvious question here. Is this an "expansion" from terrorist hits in Iraq, or is it getting so difficult in Iraq for Zarqawi that he has to choose softer targets elsewhere?

[airborne]

The old, "lets kill ourselves, you go first, trick".

LMAO!

[G.Mason]

" ... A top Jordanian security official, insisting on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press ... "

The world is full of these kind of "officials" who are undoubtably sworn to secrecy, yet betray their employer and, as in this case, their country.

I could care less about this Jordanian official, or any other countries officials. It is those working (supposedly) for the United States to whom I refer.

I have nothing but contemp for these people and believe they should be punished most severely for it.

[jeremiah]

The way to rid the world of suicide bombers is to backtrack their lives, eliminate their children, grandchildren, mothers fathers, cousins, aunts and uncles. You would only have to do that once or twice, they would find another way to murder.

[SteveMcKing]

We teach that in kindergarten, I'm pretty sure...

[jwpjr]

re: Odd that they both were at the same hotel

Isn't it though? I would think it would be nearly impossible for both people to detonate their bomb. Surely the one that went first would kill or disable the second one. Unless they counted on the blast from the first resulting in the secondary detonation of the the other bomb.

[milagro]

Pretty ironic that Zarqawi's own announcement about 4 suicide bombers "including a husband and wife" clued the Jordanians into looking for a woman.

Stupid is what stupid does! Now, hope the Z man has really stepped in it this time, and the back-fire from being "stuck on stupid" costs him dearly!

[Steel Wolf]

The woman failed to blow herself up at the Radisson SAS hotel on Wednesday night after apparently struggling with the cord on her explosives belt, Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said. Her husband saw her fumbling and "pushed her out of the ballroom," he said. "Once she was out, he blew himself up."

The devices in use right now are fairly idiot proof. Many even have 'back up switches' for the handlers in the event that they think the bomber will have second thoughts.

Interesting that she survived. Her story makes no sense whatsoever. If they were colocated, then perhaps she was to go first, then her husband would go second and take out rescue teams and whatever crowd followed. But they shouldn't have been close enough that he could 'push her out of the ballroom'.

And wouldn't that have caused a scene in a crowded area like that? I can only imagine staning in line at the hotel's front desk, listening to them.

"Push the button! Why aren't you pushing the button?"

"Stop yelling at me, the stupid trigger doesn't work! If you're so smart, you blow yourself up and show me how its done, big man!"

"Maybe I will! Get out of here, I don't want you jinxing me."

"Stop pushing me, you jerk! I want to watch you blow up. I bet you screw it up. You can't do anything right. You couldn't even fix the leak in the sink."

"Oh, you had to bring that up, Mrs-I-can't-fix-a-flat-tire!"

"Your cousin did most of the work, you just got in the way!"

Somewhere in that conversation, I would have left the lobby.

[mtbopfuyn]

Odd that they both were at the same hotel.

And apparently in the same room. Sorry, but this doesn't pass the smell test. Someone set her up.

[Mike Darancette]

The involvement of al-Zarqawi in the triple hotel bombings is a worrying development for the region, indicating that the feared terrorist or his leaders have deadly designs and abilities beyond war-ravaged Iraq's borders.

No, if it weren't for Bush al-Zarqawi would be a peaceful goatherd.