From Mom to Martyr: For First Time, Palestinian Mother Turns Suicide Bomber for Hamas

ABCNEWS ^ | Jan. 14 | Hilary Brown

[jgrubbs]

J E R U S A L E M, Jan. 14— A young Palestinian woman made history of sorts today in the 3-year-old Arab uprising against Israeli occupation. She killed four Israelis in a suicide bomb attack at the main border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Reem Raiyshi, 22, managed to get right inside the border security office with a bomb belt under her clothes. According to the Israeli military, she calmly told soldiers she had a metal splint in her leg that would set off their detector. As she was taken to a special room for a personal search, she blew herself up.

"I heard the explosion," said an Israeli bus driver."Then I saw body parts everywhere."

Three Israeli soldiers and a security guard were killed. The blast also injured seven other people, including some Palestinians.

In a video released by the militant group Hamas, Raiyshi said she had wanted to be a suicide bomber since she was 16 years old.

"I was hoping to be the first woman, where parts of my body can fly everywhere," she said in Arabic on the tape, smiling. "I'm taking revenge against the Jews."

Raiyshi was not the first woman to detonate herself for the Palestinian cause, but she is the first mother. She was married, from a well-to-do family, with a 3-year-old son and an 18-month-old daughter.

She is also the first woman to be used by Hamas for a suicide attack. The militant Islamic group has always said that only men should fight — until now. Now it says holy war is the duty of all Muslims, men and women..

Choosing a Cause Over Her Children

At the checkpoint where Raiyshi blew herself up, about 6,000 Palestinian workers are allowed to pass each day to work in Israeli factories. After the attack, Palestinians were quickly rounded up. Authorities said the border would re-open Thursday, but with even tougher security.

"An incident like this will not help us to be more cooperative with the Palestinians," said an Israel military commander.

Within hours of the bombing, a mourning tent went up in Gaza City to prepare for a huge funeral Thursday for Reem Raiyshi.

Relatives say they can't understand how she could abandon her children.

"I love them," Raiyshi said in her video. "Only God knows how much I love them."

But it seems she loved martyrdom more.

[Eala]

I guess you guys have not seen the video's of how wonderful they think it is to have the honor to blow themselves up , and kill jews...even little kids dream of this ultimate reward.....

Hold them responsible for their actions, don't excuse it.

Who's excusing them? I'm just surmising. And the pressure might apply for the video too. Remember how murderous their culture is, even among their own -- remember the pictures of the bodies of those labeled collaborators hanging from poles and cranes?

Whether she did this under threat, under pressure, or voluntarily doesn't really matter. The message her handlers wanted to send got sent. It seems there is no level of depravity they won't sink to.

[Aquinasfan]

No condemnation from "Ask the Imam"

Is their justification in Islam for "terrorism" as pratised by groups like Hamas, where women and children are sometimes killed.

Answer 8998 2003-06-26

When a particular Muslim community experiences difficulty regarding themselves, and there is no apparent solution for their problem, they should refer their matter to their Fuqahaa (jurists) and Ubbaad (pious people) and follow their guidance.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

[Aquinasfan]

Is it haraam to commit suicide bombings?

[StarCMC]

From Mom to Martyr: For First Time, Palestinian Mother Turns Suicide Bomber for Hamas

Well, I don't think she can do it again.

And here's a stupid question...if the male bombers are promised 72 virgins, what are the females promised??

[enraged]

You sure thats not Marty Feldman in Drag?

[ZAKJAN]

I understand what you are saying, but it is my feeling that these people are so indoctrinated.....and appear to do this with such....hmmmmmmm , "Grace" and pleasure..

The Mindset in my opinion is important in determining how serious and massive this type of occurance could be.....

And in my opinion, it's massive..
Freedom and Democracy will certainly take years and years to influence this brain washing.

I'm amazed that liberals don't realize this..
And i'm not speaking to you in regards to that..
Blessings all

JAN

[Chu Gary]

Amazingly useful idiot. Had she been an American, the DU would have just lost a member.

[Chu Gary]

"One way to stop this would be to take the remains of dead terrorists, grind them up, mix them with hog slop, and feed them to pigs."

During the 1940's, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, captured 4 terrorists, killed three, dumped them in a pit and threw pig carcasses and pig blood on top of them, then let the other one "escape." The terrorist activity stopped promptly.

[Frank_2001]

Good idea.

[Frank_2001]

True, but try explaining that to an islamist.....

[Eva]

Maybe they could have them raised by a pair gay Jews, that ought to upset their Muslim sensibilities.

[NCC-1701]

Somewhat similar to the way it was in Japan near the end of WW II. Let's hope that a similar end is comming for all this insanity in the Middle East.

[sleavelessinseattle]

For this mother, it's the ticket away from the husband.

That is an amazingly insightful comment, TG. Isaac Asimov had a wonderful thought on the population explosion.

(paraphrase) The population growth problem will disappear when women are offered a source of self esteem and power equal to, or greater than that granted them for bearing children...

You're standing on the shoulders of the great, IMHO!

[Gal.5:1]

A martyr is not one who commits suicide and murder for their faith; but one who dies (is killed by someone else) rather than renounce their faith.
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True, but try explaining that to an islamist....
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They of course will not accept this definition in their tragically deceived minds, but the truth still remains, that these who do this are merely murderers. A martyr is killed BY OTHERS for not renouncing their faith, or for refusing to convert.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Sorry, Chu, that was General Pershing during the campaign in the Phillipines. It worked wonders (along with the introduction of the Colt 1911).

Found a useful translation of Islam's scriptures at a site put up by a scholar who spent years rendering them intelligible (a mighty feat). The more I read into them the more I'm convinced that the Prince of Lies could not have come up with a better cover. Too bad the Muslims depend on their imams for interpretation, for the truth is obscenely evil. Judge for youself, bookmark it and tell everyone you know.

http://www.prophetofdoom.net/

[Wonder Warthog]

"She is not memtally disturbed. She was true to her faith...as she believed it. That is what makes her so dangerous."

Anyone capable of actually believing in such a "faith" is deranged to start with.

[Cicero]

Martyr? Martyr?

Murder and suicide, plus abandonment of children, does not make the perpetrator a martyr.

Except in the eyes of Muslims. Or of liberals in the media. As I've pointed out many times, the Muslim definition of martyrdom is VERY different from the Christian definition. Christian martyrdom does not involve murder or suicide, which are both deadly sins.

Swine.

[Consort]

Washing, ironing, darning, baking cookies, getting blowed up....a woman's work is never done.

[ValerieUSA]

Today I read that the woman lawyer who blew herself up months ago was also a mother of two.

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