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  • 'Belgian Kamikaze' Shocks a Nation; Local Woman Dies in Failed Attack Against U.S. Troops in Iraq

    12/01/2005 8:40:27 AM PST · by MikeA · 100 replies · 2,447+ views
    AP ^ | 12/01/05 | RAF CASERT
    MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE, Belgium (Dec. 1) - How could a young woman turn from Belgian baker's assistant to Baghdad suicide bomber? Belgium has been shocked by revelations that Muriel Degauque, an unassuming woman who grew up near the rust belt city of Charleroi, had entered Iraq from Syria and detonated explosives strapped to her body in a failed attack against U.S. troops. The 38-year-old woman's mother, Liliane Degauque, told local TV networks that her daughter was "so nice'' - but began to change when she married an Algerian man and turned to Islamic fundamentalism. The case underscored the growing reach of international...