Posted on 09/03/2008 9:03:23 AM PDT by Mr_Tiki
I just found this printed in Arabic on Asharq Al-Awsat daily today: Asharq Al-Awsat, picture included
So I did a rough translation as below. I thought it might help us understand the thinking of these people.
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Security sources in Diyala province confirmed that they reached the main woman recruiter who is responsible for recruiting women suicide bombers using explosive belts. The woman is the aunt of Rania Al-Ankabi who was arrested in Baquba recently following a failed suicide bombing attempt. The aunt, called Wijdan Salma Al-Khazradgi, is still being pursued by the security forces. She is responsible for recruiting young woman from rural background to carry out suicide bombings.
Major Hashim Khalil who is responsible for police investigations in Diyala added that Ranias mother (who was also detained) is also involved in helping recruiting women, but that the aunt is the main woman responsible. Rania is 15 year old and was arrested in the main Baquba market and found to be wearing a 20 kg belt of explosives. She was sent by her husband to carry out the mission. Her husband is also being pursued by the security forces as he is responsible for the killing of some 40 people, mostly by beheading. Rania told police that she is innocent and that she was duped to do this by her husband and that she was dreaming to study medicine. She added that she knew that she was wearing a bomb but was told that this will not explode. It appears that al-qaeda operatives were intending to blow the explosive belt by remote controle. Rania left school when she was 11, got married when she was 14. She told police that her husband took her to the house of his female cousin, whom she never met before, and that she was made to wear the belt. She was then given a glass of pear juice. She said that she felt nauseating afterwards and started seeing images in her head. She was put on a bus heading towards the central market on August 25th. On her arrival to the market there was an incident in which 3 policemen were killed. She was caught wondering in the market suspiciously. Police video showed her appearing to be drugged and moving in a strange way. Apparently, al-qaeda activisits in tended to blow her up among the gathering of security personnel after they attacked the police. Investigators say that she appeared to be influenced by extremists ideas, following eavesdropping on a conversation with her mother.
Lefties will tell us that it is the US’s fault these people are blowing themselves up. Because they are desperate and oppressed by the Americans, of course.
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