Feature: Al-Qaida recruits children as suicide bombers in Iraq [ Dems- China reporting this!]

BAGHDAD, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A boy masquerading as a flower seller blew himself up last September before the house of Sheikh Imad Jassem, the joint-leader of the Sons of Iraq in Tarmiya, 25 km north of Baghdad.

The boy, as young as 10 years old, had been stalking Jassem for three days before tripping on his flip-flops several meters away from his target. The bomb exploded prematurely, seriously wounding the leader.

The innocent and immature young have been recruited and trained to be suicide bombers of the al-Qaida network in Iraq to attack Iraqi high-profile officials as well as civilians.

Since the beginning of U.S.-led war in Iraq in 2003, the war-torn country is plagued by countless explosions and attacks, among which the suicide bombing are the most fatal, killing 600,000 Iraqi civilians and over 4,200 U.S. soldiers.

The notorious terror group started its first recruiting program of women and children as early as 2005, when dozens were brought to a training camp in Doura district in southern Baghdad.

The training camp houses a 90-member cell of suicide bombers which was under full control of al-Qaida.

"They hit both Sunni and Shiite crowded areas, just to incite sectarian hatred among Iraqis," Mulla Nadhim al-Jubouri, now the local leader of Sahwa in Dhuluiyah town, 90 km north of Baghdad, told Xinhua.

The Sahwa, also known as Sons of Iraq movement or the Awakening Councils group, was established in the Anbar province west of Baghdad in 2006, when its leaders became dismayed by al-Qaida's brutality and religious zealotry in Iraq. The group now enjoys strong support from the United States.

Because al-Qaida has lost many fighters due to the crackdown of the Iraqi government and U.S. troops, "they started to recruit children," al-Jubouri said.

Just as female suicide bombers could normally escape security check-up stations, because Muslim women can't be body-searched by male police according to Islamic culture, children suicide bombers can easily pass due to their apparent innocence.

The terrorists look for young people and children who lost their families in strikes suppressed by U.S. soldiers and Iraqi security forces, he added.

They made full use of the outrage of the immature by encouraging them to retaliate U.S. and Iraqi forces.

They told the young that they can "retaliate the death of their loved ones" after being trained, al-Jubouri said.

Al-Qaida recruiters also take advantage of young men and children who are suffering from unemployment and in dire need of money by giving them "large amount of money they had never thought to get."

In December, Major Al Hing from the 2nd Striker Brigade 25th Infantry Division said they discovered last March and April "a conglomeration of cells ... associated with the recruitment and implementation of youth suicide bombers."

"In Tarmiya, we saw the Lions' Club, Fatah al-Islam, Youth of Heaven and Youth of Paradise," and also similar children suicide cells in the Taji area and in Falahat, according to Al Hing.

Mid-November last year witnessed a raid on a major al-Qaida hideout north of Baghdad, where a computer memory disk containing blueprint for the training and recruitment of children was found.

After being recruited, the youngsters, mostly ranging from nine to 15 years old, stay under restrict observation of al-Qaida members. They are accompanied by other members day and night.

Under complete monitoring, those children are "brainwashed" by being repeatedly taught "religious lessons on the Jihad (Holy War)."

Al-Qaida members "chose those item of Islamic religious doctrines encouraging people to die for their rights," al-Jubouri said.

"Through religious lessons, movies about previous suicide attacks and that the suicide bomber is going immediately to the paradise, the children feel it is an honor to sacrifice," he added.

At the night before the "hero" to go for his "great mission," a religious celebration will be held for the upcoming suicide attack. All the people of the cell would stay awake all night, praying and hailing the hero who "would go to the paradise."

Until sunrise, the cell would conduct collectively a dawn prayer together with the child bomber by reading Quran, the holy book of Muslims, till the time of the planned attack.

"At the time, the cell members would send off the bomber in a way similar to sending off a bridegroom for a marriage, then he would go gladly to death," he added.

However, not all the children bombers undertake the task willingly. Once those children were recruited and trained, they have no choice but being forced to do so.

"Children were threatened that if they do not obey the orders, video tapes showing their training in al-Qaida camps would be sent to the local police or the Americans," al-Jubouri said.

Al-Qaida members also threatened to kill the family members of the recruited children if they disobey what they were told to.

There were children who did get killed or captured after failed attempts to protect their vulnerable families, a source familiar with the matter told Xinhua.

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JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Kabul, Afghanistan - "AFGHAN TEACHER SHOT DEAD AFTER SPEECH CONDEMNING SUICIDE BOMBINGS" (May 14, 2008)

MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 2008514-10: Camp Victory, Iraq - "SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKS IRAQI ARMY POSITION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A female suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Army battle position...") (May 14, 2008)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "MILITARY CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT KILLED 29, WOUNDED 52" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Military officials condemned a pair of suicide bombings that occurred near an Iraqi hospital today..."(May 2, 2008)

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MNF-IRAQ.com - Press Release A080323a: Baghdad - "COALITION FORCES KILL 17 TERRORISTS INCLUDING SIX LIKELY SUICIDE BOMBERS, DETAIN 30 SUSPECTS" (March 23, 2008)

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FOX NEWS.com (AP): Lahore, Pakistan - "HOMICIDE BOMBS KILL 25 IN EASTERN PAKISTAN CITY, WRECKS A POLICE HQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The two blasts happened about 15 minutes apart in different districts of this eastern city.") (March 11, 2008)

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JPOST.com: "WOMAN KILLED, 38 WOUNDED IN DIMONA SUICIDE BOMBING" (February 4, 2008)

BBC NEWS: "SUICIDE BLAST HITS PAKISTAN BUS" (Last updated February 4, 2008, 06:35 GMT)

BBC NEWS: "COLOMBO RAILWAY BLAST KILLS SIX" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "At least six people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, security forces say. Police said a female suicide bomber blew herself up as a suburban train pulled into a station platform.") (Last updated: February 3, 2008, 09:53 GMT)

JPOST.com: "'SUICIDE BOMBING GLORIOUS, HONORABLE'" by Johnny Paul, London (Updated February 3, 2008, 7:30)

MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20080201-04: Forward Operating Base Loyalty - "TWO FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 27, WOUND 53 CIVILIANS IN SEPARATE ATTACKS" (February 1, 2008)

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MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 419: "WOMEN'S FORUMS ON ISLAMIST WEBSITES - TOOLS FOR PREPARING WOMEN TO CARRY OUT JIHAD AND SUICIDE OPERATIONS" by D. Hazan (February 1, 2008)

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COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "'AL-QAIDA'S MySpace': HOW SUICIDE BOMBERS ARE BEING RECRUITED ONLINE" by Evan Kohlmann (January 17, 2008)

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NY SUN.com: Washington - "INSIDE QAEDA'S 'MySpace' INTERNET SITES" by Eli Lake (January 15, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): Brussels - "'RELIGION OF PEACE' CORPS SUFFERS A SETBACK: JIHADISTS RECRUITING SUICIDE BOMBERS FOR IRAQ ATTACKS SENTENCED IN BELGIUM" (January 10, 2008)

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WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Baqouba, Iraq - "SUICIDE VESTS RISE AS THREAT TO TROOPS" (January 9, 2008)

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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - blog: "SUICIDE BOMBING IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN CLAIMS 22 DEAD" by Bill Roggio (January 10, 2008)

LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - blog: "AL QAEDA SUICIDE CELL LEADER CAPTURED IN PAKISTAN" by Bill Roggio (January 9, 2008, 1:29 pm)

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DAWN.com (Peshawar, December 26, 2007): "YOUTH WITH DYNAMITE HELD NEAR RALLY VENUE" by Ali Hazrat Bacha (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reliable sources said the 19-year-old suspect, who identified himself as Raham Islam of Matani, had dynamite strapped to his body and he was trying to enter the stadium when he was stopped by security personnel. The suspect said that he had come here from a wedding party and could not find time to dispose of the explosive material.") (December 27, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEWS.com.au): "15-YEAR-OLD BOMBER STOPPED AT BHUTTO RALLY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police in Pakistan have stopped a 15-year-old boy they say was carrying a bomb made of dynamite and nails from gettnig into a rally by opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.") (December 26, 2007) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Hurriyet, Yeni Safak, Turkey, December 25, 2007"): Turkey - "SUBWAY BOMBER ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL" (BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: "Turkish media reported on the arrest in Istanbul of a PKK operative before he caused bloodshed. The terrorist was carrying with him 3.2 kg of A-4 plastic explosives when the police caught him yesterday, buying a ticket in an Istanbul subway station.") (December 25, 2007) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Istanbul - "POLICE IN ISTANBUL FOIL BOMB-ATTACK PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police thwarted a bomb attack in Istanbul yesterday, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city's governor said.") (September 25, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Istanbul - "POLICE IN ISTANBUL FOIL BOMB-ATTACK PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police thwarted a bomb attack in Istanbul yesterday, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city's governor said.") (December 25, 2007) (Read More...)

IHT.com (AP): Manila, Philippines - "3 WOUNDED IN BOMB EXPLOSION IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AFTER AUSTRALIAN WARNING" (December 24, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Cairo - "PHILIPPINES: 'CHRISTMAS DAY' JIHADIST AN ENVOY FROM EGYPT'S AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY" (December 24, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Asadabad, Afghanistan - "WOMAN CAUGHT WITH BOMB UNDER BURQA" (December 24, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Baghdad - "DEATH JIHAD: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 32 AT BAGHDAD FUNERAL" (January 2, 2008)

LONG WAR JOURNAL.com: "PAKISTAN: BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSASSINATED" by Bill Roggio (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...in a shooting attack and suicide bombing...") (December 27, 2007, 10:33 am)

DAWN.com (Peshawar, December 26, 2007): "YOUTH WITH DYNAMITE HELD NEAR RALLY VENUE" by Ali Hazrat Bacha (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reliable sources said the 19-year-old suspect, who identified himself as Raham Islam of Matani, had dynamite strapped to his body and he was trying to enter the stadium when he was stopped by security personnel. The suspect said that he had come here from a wedding party and could not find time to dispose of the explosive material.") (December 27, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1793: "ON HAMAS TV CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: HOST SARAA BARHOUM SINGS 'WE WILL MEET OUR DEATH WITH NO HESITATION... AWARD YOUR VICTORY TO THOSE WHO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES, THIS IS YOUR WEDDING, OH MARTYR...'" (December 27, 2007)

CJTF.com: "THE TALIBAN UNVEIL THEIR OWN STEALTH BOMBER" -written by CJTF-82 Operations (December 26, 3007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Asadabad, Afghanistan - "WOMAN CAUGHT WITH BOMB UNDER BURQA" (December 24, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "NO JOY IN ISLAM: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 50 CELEBRATING EID IN PAKISTAN" (December 21, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH): "VIRGINS FOR TERROR" by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (December 21, 2007)

DAILY MAIL.co.uk: "BRITISH CHILDREN TARGETED WITH SING-ALONG DVD FOR WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS" (December 18, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Mardan, Pakistan - "BHUTTO: FATAL BOMB WAS RIGGED TO BABY" by Betsy Pisik (December 14, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "JIHADIST TARGETS BUS FULL OF SCHOOLCHILDREN" (SNIPPET: "A suicider bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a schoolbus near an air force base in northwest Pakistan today, killing himself and wounding about nine people, including several children.") (December 10, 2007)

ARAB TIMES online.com (Agencies): Baghdad - "FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 16" (December 7, 2007)

IHT.com (AP): Peshawar, Pakistan - "FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER DIES IN EXPLOSION IN NORTHERN PAKISTANI CITY" (Published December 4, 2007)

YouTube.com - Video: "TAMIL TIGER (LTTE) SUICIDE BOMBER LIVE VIDEO IN SRI LANKA" (Added November 30, 2007)

THREATS WATCH.org: "DADULLAH'S TICKETS TO HEAVEN" (November 29, 2007)

OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletins - Report - South/Central Asia - Sri Lanka - Warden Message: "COLOMBO SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK" (November 28, 2007)

LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - blog: "SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISLAMABAD AND RAWALPINDI" by Bill Roggio (November 23, 2007)

BBC NEWS: "EXPLOSION RIPS THROUGH RUSSIA BUS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The blast was caused by a device containing over 300g of explosives and loaded with nails and scraps of metal, police sources told the Reuters news agency.") (Last updated November 22, 2007)

MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20071116-02: Cob Speicher, Iraq - "SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 2 CHILDREN, DAMAGES SCHOOL" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "A suicide car bomb attack killed two children, injured 11 more, and damaged an Iraqi school Nov. 15 in the city of Kirkuk. Additionally, the suicide car bomb killed an Iraqi teacher, two Iraqi policemen, and an unidentified Iraqi citizen.") (November 16, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE): Tehran - "IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD GENERAL THREATENS SUICIDE ATTACKS IN PERSIAN GULF" (October 29, 2007)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "New from MEMRITV: New Animated Film on HAMAS TV Focuses on Child Martyrdom" (Note: Video clip included.) (October 15, 2007)

MEMRI TV.org - Video Clip #1622: "TITLE OF VIDEO: AHMAD AL-TAYYIB, AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND FORMER MUFTI OF EGYPT, JUSTIFIES PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBINGS" (October 10, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "SUICIDE BOMBS TARGET SALAHADIN AWAKENING LEADER" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (October 10, 2007)

LONG WAR JOURNAL - blog: "AL QAEDA SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET THE SALAHADIN AWAKENING" by Bill Roggio (October 9, 2007)

LONG WAR JOURNAL - blog: "AL QAEDA'S RAMADAN ASSASSINATION CAMPAIGN" by Bill Roggio (October 6, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "SUICIDE BOMBERS CAN ONLY BE STOPPED BY ATTACKING THE NETWORKS" by Douglas Farah (October 8, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND JIHADISTS' 'LOVE OF DEATH'" by Jeffrey Imm (October 5, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 393: "HAMAS CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE AL-FATEH ENCOURAGES TERRORISM, GLORIFIES MARTYRDOM" by C. Jacob (October 5, 2007)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "200 female suicide bombers are awaiting the Merkava tanks, Hamas senior Dr. Nizar Rian told the Kuweiti Al Jareeda Friday. Rian also said his organization had more than 50, 000 armed fighters, who were endowed with "courage and are able to fight in the relevant territory."") (September 28, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: Lahore - "PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT WARNED OF SUICIDE ATTACKS BY 'BURQA-CLAD WOMEN' Or burqa-clad persons in general. 'Govt warned of attacks by female bombers,' by Shahnawaz Khan for the Daily Times" (September 24, 2007)

JAMESTOWN.org - TERRORISM FOCUS: "AQIM EMPLOYS MARTYRDOM OPERATIONS IN ALGERIA" by Andrew Black (September 18, 2007)

SAAG.org - Paper no. 2379: "PASHTUN SUICIDE TERRORISM -- AN UPDATE: International Terrorism Monitor--Paper No. 282" by B. Raman (September 18, 2007)

CNN.com: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - "FAILED SUICIDE BOMBER TURNS ON AL QAEDA" (September 14, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1703 - Islamist Websites Monitor No. 134: "ISLAMIST WEBISTE HOSTED IN MINNESOTA CALLS FOR SUICIDE OPERATIONS IN DENMARK" (September 3, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE PATH TO PARADISE" by Jamie Glazov (August 24, 2007)

BOOK: "THE PATH TO PARADISE: THE INNER WORLD OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND THEIR DISPATCHERS" by Anat Berko

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): SNIPPET: "Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, told Iranian television that suicide bombing attacks against Israel were justified, especially attacks in buses. He rejected the historical Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and stated that Hamas' avowed intention was to wipe Israel off the face of the map." (August 21, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "JIHAD INTERNATIONAL" by Jacob Laksin (August 20, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - NO. 1682: "HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN JUSTIFIES SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN BUSES: Israeli Soldiers Ride Those Buses" (Note: Video Included.) (August 16, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (McClatchy Newspapers): Gaza City, Gaza Strip - "HAMAS TV's CHILD STAR SAYS SHE'S READY FOR MARTYRDOM" (August 14, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "WANING SUPPORT FOR SUICIDE-ATTACKS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD?" by Raymond Ibrahim (August 13, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (PAKTRIBUNE.com - PAKISTAN NEWS SERVICE): "PAKISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: ONE BILLION MUSLIMS WILL BECOME SUICIDE BOMBERS IF MECCA, MEDINA ARE ATTACKED" (August 8, 2007) (Read More...)

ADNKRONOS.com/AKI: Karachi - "PAKISTAN: LAWMAKER SUPPORTS JIHAD AND END TO US TIES" (August 7, 2007) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (DAILY MAIL.co.uk): "ONE IN 11 BRITISH MUSLIMS BACKS SUICIDE BOMBERS, SAYS BROWN AIDE" (August 3, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH): "A WINDOW INTO THE CULTURE OF SHAHADA" by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (August 2, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1672: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL PRAISES SHEIKH YOUSEF AL-QARADHAWI FOR HIS SUPPORT OF SUICIDE OPERATIONS AND STATES: HOLOCAUST EXAGGERATED, BEING USED TO EXTORT GERMANY, AND ZIONIST HOLOCAUST AGAINST ARABS MUCH WORSE" (August 2, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Hilla, Iraq - "SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 26 AT IRAQ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL" (July 24, 2007) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IGNITE THE BELIEVERS - A COLLECTION OF OPINIONS REGARDING THE LEGALITY OF 'MARTYRDOM OPERATIONS'" (July 22, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TIME via YAHOO.com): "A TALK WITH A SUICIDE BOMBER" (July 22, 2007)

BBC NEWS: "'I hoped to be a glorious martyr'" (July 19, 2007)

JAMESTOWN.org - Global Terrorism Analysis: "THE TALIBAN FEDAYEEN: THE WORLD'S WORST SUICIDE BOMBERS?" by Brian Glyn Williams (July 19, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): Kabul: "AFGHAN PRESIDENT PARDONS FAILED SUICIDE BOMBER BOY" (July 15, 2007)

ICT.org.il: "SAUDI RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS COME OUT AGAINST AL-QAEDA'S USE OF RELIGIOUS EDICTS PERMITTING SUICIDE ATTACKS AGAINST MUSLIMS" by Dr. Asaf Maliach, ICT Researcher (July 8, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): Islamabad - "Las Masjid cleric: 'If the government carried out an operation then we will follow the way of jihad'...our male and female students can carry out suicide attack as a last option.'" (June 30, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (DEUTSCHE PRESSE AGENTUR): "PAKISTAN: MUSLIM CLERIC THREATENS TO RESIST GOVERNMENT ACTION WITH JIHAD" (April 6, 2007)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (Ruthie Blum, THE JERUSALEM POST, June 28, 2007): "ONE ON ONE WITH ANAT BERKO: WHAT MAKES HUMAN BOMBS TICK?" (June 28, 2007)

GREENWOOD.com - book: "THE PATH TO PARADISE The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers" by Anat Berko

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Islamabad, Pakistan - "WOMEN PLEDGE TO ARMY OF ISLAMIC VIGILANTES" by Philip Smucker (June 27, 2007) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1631: "PALESTINIAN MP FROM HAMAS DR. YUNIS AL-ASTAL ON WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN JIHAD - From Islam's Beginnings to Modern Female Suicide Bombers" (Note: Video clip included) (June 22, 2007)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clips - Topic: "SUICIDE (MARTYRDOM) OPERATIONS"

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "35 KILLED IN KABUL SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK" (June 17, 2007)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org - "MEMRI TV CLIP: HIZBULLAH SEC-GEN's SON EXTOLS MARTYRDOM ON LEBANON NBN TV" (Posted June 14, 2007)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE HERITAGE & COMMEMORATION CENTER (IICC): "THE ISRAEL SECURITY AGENCY ARRESTED TWO FEMALE RESIDENTS OF THE GAZA STRIP WHO, GUIDED BY THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, INTENDED TO PERPETRATE A DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK AT A CROWDED PLACE IN TEL-AVIV AND IN NETANYA" (June 17, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS): "PREGNANT MOTHER OF EIGHT PLANNED SUICIDE ATTACK" (June 13, 2007)

BBC NEWS: Tank - "RECRUITING TALEBAN 'CHILD SOLDIERS'" (Last updated June 12, 2007, 11:31 GMT, 12:31 UK)

BBC NEWS.co.uk: "WOMAN IN UK 'GROOMED' AS BOMBER" (Last updated June 11, 2007, 16:20 GMT, 17:20 UK)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "CHILDREN OF JIHAD vs. CHILDREN OF THE WEST" by Michelle Malkin (June 6, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (INDIA DAILY): "JIHADISTS IN PAKISTAN 'LURING' CHILDREN TO BECOME SUICIDE BOMBERS" (June 6, 2007)

BBC NEWS: "IRAQI SUICIDE BOMBING 'KILLS 15'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In another incident, Iraqi police said they shot dead a suspected suicide bomber as she tried to detonate her bomb at a Baghdad recruitment centre. The shots triggered her explosive belt, police said. Three police recruits received minor wounds from the explosion. The woman died.") (Last updated June 5, 2007, 17:34 GMT, 18:34 UK)

Off-Topic.Internet-Haganah.com: "CELEBRATING FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS WHILE GROOMING THEIR REPLACEMENTS" (Note: Video included.) (June 1, 2007)

REDIFF.com: "OVER ONE LAKH SUICIDE BOMBERS IN PAK: CLERIC" (May 31, 2007, 19:31 IST)

BBC NEWS: "WIFE 'URGED MAN TO DIE A MARTYR'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "'Maybe one day I can follow you - if I can't, I will send our son to you so he can follow his father's footsteps' Extract from letter read to court") (Last updated May 30, 2007, 19:10 GMT, 20:10 UK)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "300,000 SUPPORTERS OF SUICIDE ATTACKS IN AMERICA" by Robert Spencer (May 30, 2007)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Monitor: "A REPORT FROM THE FIELD: GAUGING THE IMPACT OF TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBING" by Brian Glyn Williams (May 24, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Washington - "'ONE IN FOUR' OF U.S. MUSLIMS UNDER 30 'SAY SUICIDE BOMBINGS TO DEFEND THEIR RELIGION ARE ACCEPTABLE AT LEAST IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES'" (May 22, 2007)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "DEATH CULT WOMEN'S RIGHTS PRESS CONFERENCE" (May 22, 2007)

"www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=75"

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog (CNN): "VIDEO: CNN INTERVIEWS SUICIDE BOMBER"

MENEWSLINE.com - MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE: London - "IRAN CREATES WOMEN IRGC FORCE" (April 29, 2007)

TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): "IN AN INTERVIEW GRANTED TO AN IRANIAN TV CHANNEL, SHEIKH NAIM QASSEM, HASSAN NASRALLAH'S DEPUTY, STRESSES THAT HEZBOLLAH'S POLICY OF TERRORIST OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL (INCLUDING SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND ROCKET FIRE) REQUIRE JURISPRUDENT PERMISSION OF THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP" (April 29, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "'WALKING DEAD' CROSS LINE INTO AFGHANISTAN TO KILL" by Philip Smucker (April 2, 2007)

YNET NEWS.com: "IRANIAN PRESIDENT LAUDS SUICIDE BOMBERS AS INVINCIBLE Ahmadinejad praises Iran for being able to recruit thousands of suicide bombers a day" by Dudi Cohen (Published April 1, 2007)

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JIHAD WATCH.org (NBC NEWS): "HOW TWO TEENS WERE RECRUITED FOR JIHAD" (March 28, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE SMILE OF THE SUICIDE KILLER" by Jamie Glazov (March 28, 2007)

SpecialOpsCreative.com: "SUICIDE KILLERS Paradise Is Hell" (Note: Includes Movie Trailer)

CNNmoney.com - Analysis from FORTUNE: "THE POVERTY/TERROR MYTH" by Cait Murphy, FORTUNE assistant managing editor (March 13, 2007, 11:14 AM EDT)

CBN.com: Jerusalem - "WOMEN OF TERROR: DYING TO KILL" by John Waage and Salam Eid (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Every week in Israel, authorities prevent dozens of potential suicide attacks from Palestinians. But hundreds, even thousands in the West Bank and Gaza Strip continue to volunteer to attack Israelis. And, a growing number of them are women.") (February 13, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1455: "COLUMNIST HASSAN HAYDAR: IRAN SPREADS A 'CULTURE OF DEATH'" (February 8, 2007)

WTOP.com (AP): London - "STUDY SAYS IRAN TEXTBOOKS URGE MARTYRDOM" by Thomas Wagner, AP (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Textbooks used in Iran's schools are instilling students with hatred toward the West, especially the United States, and urging them to become "martyrs" in a global holy war against countries perceived to be enemies of Islam, a new study says. An Iranian human rights activist, Ghazal Omid, praised the findings, saying they prove hard-liners in Iran are using the books to turn children into "ticking bombs."") (February 8, 2007, 2:09 pm)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AAP): "AUSTRALIA: MUSLIM CLERIC CALLS JEWS PIGS AND URGES CHILDREN TO DIE FOR ALLAH" (January 17, 2007)

MEFORUM.org: "IRAN'S SUICIDE BRIGADES Terrorism Resurgent" by Ali Alfoneh, Middle East Quarterly (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The West sees suicide bombings as terrorism but, to Abbasi, they are a noble expression of Islam. So what is terrorism if not suicide bombing? To Abbasi, terrorism includes any speech and expression he deems insulting to Islam.") (Winter 2007)

AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "SEX AND THE SUICIDE BOMBER?" by James Lewis (November 27, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: Jenin - "'Hi, my name is Ahmed and I want to be a suicide bomber' RECRUITED ATTACKER FOR TERROR GROUP TALKS TO WND about 'serving Allah by blasting unbelievers to hell'" by Aaron Klein (November 24, 2006) (Read More...)

LittleGreenFootballs - Weblog: "IRAN'S SUICIDE BRIGADES" (November 24, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "DEATH CULT GRANNY BLOWS UP" (November 23, 2006)

HOT AIR.com - HOT AIR TV: "SUICIDE KILLERS" (November 21, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS): "NYPD WARNS BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT FEMALE JIHADISTS EVADING SECURITY" (November 18, 2006)

Regarding Female Human Bombs (November 17, 2006)

YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN: 1,300 VOLUNTEER FOR SUICIDE BOMBINGS Finnish newspaper reports 1,300 Iranians sign up at suicide bombing recruitment center. Among volunteers: Doctors, lawyers and students, 30 percent are women" (Published November 5, 2006, 11:52)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1346: "ISLAMIST WEBSITES MONITOR NO. 18 Jihad Video Encourages Suicide Bombings" (NOVEMBER 3, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SUICIDE BOMBERS FOLLOW QURAN, CONCLUDES PENTAGON BRIEFING" (September 27, 2006)

IMRA.org.il: "PMW: VIRGINS OF PARADISE - MUSIC VIDEO RETURNS TO PA TV" (September 19, 2006)

PMW.org.il - PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH: "VIRGINS OF PARADISE - MUSIC VIDEO RETURNS TO PA TV" by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (September 19, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "LONDON PLOT DRAWS ATTENTION TO POTENTIAL FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS" by Farhana Ali (August 22, 2006)

INTELLIGENCE-SUMMIT.blogspot.com (AKI) - Tehran: "IRAN SUICIDE BOMBERS JOINED HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON, MILITANT SAYS" (July 21, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "IRAN'S SUICIDE BOMBERS THREATEN TO STRIKE U.S. INTERESTS" (May 26, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AKI): Tehran - "'We have brothers who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the triumph of Islam in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and also the United States'" (May 27, 2006)

JPOST.com: "THE REGION: PALESTINIAN SUICIDE STRATEGY" by Barry Rubin (Updated July 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (JPOST.com): "AKSA BRIGADES ANNOUNCES FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER UNIT" (July 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS' IN A CULTURE OF DEATH" (July 2, 2006)

PMW.org.il - TV Archives - Video Library: "PA INDOCTRINATION OF CHILDREN TO SEEK HEROIC DEATH FOR ALLAH - SHAHADA"

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No.1162: "ARAB INTELLECTUALS PRAISE MARTYRDOM IN DISCUSSION ON SYRIAN TV" (May 12, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clips: "INCITING CHILDREN"

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip No. 1107 - Transcript: "PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR DEFENDS 'MARTYRDOM-SEEKING OPERATIONS'" (April 6, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1111: Palestinian Legislative Council Member 'Umm Nidal' on Saudi Iqra TV: A Muslim Mother Should Raise Her Children for Jihad Interviewer Iqra TV Director-General Critical of Arab TV Channels That Don't Support Martyrdom Operations" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Palestinian Legislative Council member "Umm Nidal" Farhat, aired on Saudi Iqra TV, on February 19, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1066" (March 10, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "HAMAS WEBSITE ENCOURAGES KIDS TO BECOME MARTYRS" by Julie Stahl (March 8, 2006)

PMW.org.il - TV Archives - Video Library: "PA INDOCTRINATION OF CHILDREN TO SEEK HEROIC DEATH FOR ALLAH - SHAHADA"

PMW.org.il: "'ASK FOR DEATH!' The Indoctrination of Palestinian Children to Seek Death for Allah - Shahada" by Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch

PMW.org.il: "A SELF-PORTRAIT OF SUICIDE TERRORISTS" by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (March 2, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNETNEWS): "THE DIRECTOR OF 'PARADISE NOW' WOULD BE A SUICIDE BOMBER" (March 3, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (JTA): "SUICIDE BOMBING ENDORSED IN KIDS BOOK RECOMMENDED BY CANADIAN LIBRARIES" (March 3, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "THE FOREIGN MAKEUP OF AFGHAN SUICIDE BOMBERS" by Omid Marzban (February 21, 2006) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series No. 1076: "RARE FOOTAGE OF SAUDI COMEDIAN & AL-MAJD TV EMPLOYEE-TURNED-SUICIDE BOMBER MUHAMMAD SHAZZAF AL-SHEHRI" (January 24, 2006)

"www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1004"

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "FATHER OF SUICIDE BOMBING VICTIM: GOLDEN GLOBE TO 'PARADISE LOST' LEGITIMIZES TERRORISM" (January 23, 2006)

A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a REUTERS article: "SUICIDE BOMBER FILM WINS HONOUR AT GOLDEN GLOBES" (January 16, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (SUNDAY MIRROR): "AL-QAEDA'S PLOT TO INFECT TROOPS WITH AIDS VIRUS" (January 9, 2006)

stepping back in time...NEW SCIENTIST.com:"SUICIDE BOMBERS MAY SPREAD DISEASE" (July 24, 2002)

EMS RESPONDER.com: "RECOGNIZING IMMINENT DANGER: CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUICIDE BOMBER" (Updated October 31, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (GulfNews): "'THEY PROMISED US PARADISE THROUGH MARTYRDOM'" (December 22, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "SUICIDE KILLERS" by Jamie Glazov (December 12, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CONVERTS TO TERROR" by Daniel Pipes (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islamist terror organizations particularly prize converts. They know the local culture and blend in.") (December 6, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series No. 1032: "REFORMIST SAUDI AUTHOR: RELIGIOUS CASSETTES ADVOCATED JIHAD BY EMPHASIZING MARTYR'S SEXUAL REWARDS" (November 23, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "WHAT PARADISE?" by Pierre Rehov (November 16, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "MR. SHAEED HAS A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE" (November 1, 2005)

A discussion on FreeRepublic.com regarding The Jewish Journal article by Marc Ballon: "WHAT MAKES BOMBERS TICK IN 'PARADISE'?" (October 28, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "RESEARCHERS PROBE MOTIVES OF SUICIDE BOMBERS" (October 4, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005)

CORRIERE.IT/english: Turin - "TURIN IMAM DEPORTED -- "HE'S DANGEROUS" Accused of praising Bin Laden. Como-based Tunisian activist also expelled." (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The ten children taking part in the ring-o'-roses protest beneath the market clock in Porta Palazzo were all wearing suicide bomber belts. The year was 1997, and that was the first time Bouriqi Bouchta, whose idea it was, attracted Italy’s attention.") (September 7, 2005)

MEMRITV.org/Transcript - Video Clip No. 838 - 8/31/2005: " 8/31/2005 Clip No. 838: "Sheik of Al-Azhar Muhammad Tantawi Explains on Al-Hurra TV When a Suicide Bomber Becomes a Martyr and When He Is Not" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "Following are excerpts from an interview with Sheik of Al-Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, which aired on Al-Hurra TV on August 31, 2005")

MEMRI TV.org - Clip No. 843 - Transcript: "SAUDI IQRA TV RAISES MONEY FOR PALESTINIAN INTIFADA" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "Caption: The Saudi committee for support of the Al-Quds Intifada. Account number 98, a joint account in all Saudi banks.") (August 29, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "SYMPOSIUM: THROUGH THE EYES OF A SUICIDE BOMBER" by Jamie Glazov (August 12, 2005)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "INTERVIEW WITH PIERRE REHOV, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER, ON PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND SUICIDE BOMBINGS" (July 27, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 909: "BAHRAINI AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST: THE PROPONENTS OF THE SUICIDE IDEOLOGY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an article that appeared in the Saudi daily Al-Yawm, titled "The Globalization of Islamic Suicide" author and journalist Sawsan Al-Sha'er wrote that the extremist Islamist groups are taking advantage of global communications to recruit suicide bombers, and predicted the spread of the suicide bomber phenomenon to Britain as well.") (May 17, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (DAWN): "MAJORITY OF SUICIDE BOMBERS ARE EDUCATED" (January 13, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com: "TICKET TO HELL" by David Asman (December 9, 2004)

MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Report - No.32: "MEMRI TV Project Special Report: Arab and Iranian TV Clips in Support of Suicide Bombing" (September 1, 2004)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "RATIONAL, EDUCATED AND PROSPEROUS: JUST YOUR AVERAGE SUICIDE BOMBER" (May 15, 2004)

SAAG.org - SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP: "SUICIDE & SUICIDAL TERRORISM" by B. Raman (March 12, 2004)

JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "10 SUICIDE BOMBINGS FOILED OVER PASSOVER HOLIDAY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of two Tanzim activists caught at the end of March told interrogators the group that sent them had planned a series of other attacks, including one with a device to which blood infected with AIDS would be attached.") (April 13, 2004)
FrontPageMagazine.com: "AFFLUENT GENOCIDE" by Robert Spencer (October 14, 2003)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS LAUNCHES WEBZINE FOR KIDS Journal praises martyrs, encourages children to follow example" by Jon Dougherty (November 5, 2002)

NEW SCIENTIST.com: "SUICIDE BOMBERS MAY SPREAD DISEASE" (July 24, 2002)

WTVT.com - FOX13 Investigative: "JIHAD FOR KIDS" (February 4, 2002)

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