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Why the number of female suicide bombers is rising in Iraq.

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  • Posted By: stormvet13 @ 07/17/2009 6:03:58 PM

    Dear lilacshore84
    we are there to help. if you don`t want it GREAT!!. But we`ll be DAMNED if we are going to let some EXTREMIST, no matter what nationality threaten us with violance or a NUKE. Don`t criticize people you don`t know anything about. Americans don`t generalize a race or ethnic group like you are doing with this statement. you are full of hate towards anyone differant from you. we moved past that YEARS ago!! Incase you haven`t noticed our Presidente!! you are still imature and adolescent. GROW UP!!

  • Posted By: lilacshore84 @ 07/17/2009 12:00:56 PM

    well, i see some typical American responses here. the war was americas stupid decision and naturally they made a mess out of it. it is not the arab world who are children. u americans are like kids. i mean really spoilt brats. always want others stuffs and bullying others.u speak of going back home. remember the thousand u made homeless. u speak of the insurgents? are u any better than them? they r fighting for their country? and where r u fighting ur greedy war? in somebody else's territory. and plzz dont make any judgements on Islam without understanding it perfectly. it is not about marrying many times and marrying young girls. its much more than that. ofcourse, there have been many manipulations and misinterpretations which lead to many awful things. and is the christian church any better? these people might marry young. atleast theer are no pedophiles in mosques? can ur catholic church claim that innocence? and who started the first religious war in history? remember, it came under the holy name of crusades. no other religion had to establish itself through so much bloodshed as xianity had to. still u have the audacity to ridicule other religions. clean your own backyard first? and i know that this is not going to affect you in anyway, coz as u happen to live in the most consumerist state on earth, u need not have to go to church. attend at least one mass before responding to Islam. and lalahakbar, do u get any spiritual pleasure by flaunting ur sexuality? i dont think so. the only pleasure u might get is being appreciated by men all around you.thats what nawaimohamad meant when he said some women are sex objects without realizing it.

  • Posted By: jwwsu @ 08/03/2008 3:10:06 PM

    All stories like this do is illustrate the depths of barbarism some people descend to. The article tells us some women will blow themselves up for their cause. Just what cause is served by killing unsuspecting civilians? Evil barbarians the lot of them.

  • Posted By: Jill Infidel @ 02/27/2009 2:05:09 PM

    Forever Bye... I SERIOUSLY doubt that ALL the Iraqi women are being raped by ALL the American Soldiers so stop exaggerating that. Maybe a few but you make it sound like every soldier rapes an Iraqi woman. I have been there and I know for a fact that is NOT true.

    So - if you say all the Iraqi women are tyring to protect their country then how about speading the word to keep insurgents from doing what they do.

    As soon as you people will stop acting like animals, respect everyone's right to exist and take responsibility for your OWN country, the US can leave! And trust me, most of us want to get the hell out of there! Like I told a bunch in Dubai - QUIT FIGHTING EACH OTHER - WE WANT TO GO HOME!!! I swear you Arabs are like children that need to be put in seperate corners!!!

  • Posted By: Jill Infidel @ 02/27/2009 2:04:56 PM

    Forever Bye... I SERIOUSLY doubt that ALL the Iraqi women are being raped by ALL the American Soldiers so stop exaggerating that. Maybe a few but you make it sound like every soldier rapes an Iraqi woman. I have been there and I know for a fact that is NOT true.

    So - if you say all the Iraqi women are tyring to protect their country then how about speading the word to keep insurgents from doing what they do.

    As soon as you people will stop acting like animals, respect everyone's right to exist and take responsibility for your OWN country, the US can leave! And trust me, most of us want to get the hell out of there! Like I told a bunch in Dubai - QUIT FIGHTING EACH OTHER - WE WANT TO GO HOME!!! I swear you Arabs are like children that need to be put in seperate corners!!!

  • Posted By: Jill Infidel @ 02/27/2009 2:04:55 PM

    Forever Bye... I SERIOUSLY doubt that ALL the Iraqi women are being raped by ALL the American Soldiers so stop exaggerating that. Maybe a few but you make it sound like every soldier rapes an Iraqi woman. I have been there and I know for a fact that is NOT true.

    So - if you say all the Iraqi women are tyring to protect their country then how about speading the word to keep insurgents from doing what they do.

    As soon as you people will stop acting like animals, respect everyone's right to exist and take responsibility for your OWN country, the US can leave! And trust me, most of us want to get the hell out of there! Like I told a bunch in Dubai - QUIT FIGHTING EACH OTHER - WE WANT TO GO HOME!!! I swear you Arabs are like children that need to be put in seperate corners!!!

  • Posted By: RagingReaper @ 10/04/2008 9:46:48 PM

    They should all have bombs tied to them.

  • Posted By: ForeverBye @ 09/03/2008 10:08:24 AM

    How can you be so disgusting and heartless? First the women in Iraq lost all hope especially cuz they're being raped by the american soldiers. and just like the female american soldiers are fighting to protect their country and families, so are the iraqi women. so why are they the mentally handicapped? we all feel sorrow when we lose someone. our soldiers are our sons, dads, brothers, friends. we're all humans and we all have feelings and emotions and this war is effecting everyone not just America. so you should just think for a second that this isnt about your ego.

  • Posted By: ForeverBye @ 09/03/2008 10:00:57 AM

    How can you be so disgusting and heartless? First, the women do that because they lost all hope. What do you expect when they get raped by the american soldiers? And just like the female american soldiers are defending their country and their familes and we respect them for that, the iraqi women are doing the same. You're sitting and resting happily you dont know what its like for them to go through what they're going through and just like we suffer when we lose someone, they suffer when they lose their husbands, brothers, dads. we're all humans. so instead of criticizing why dont u just think for a minute that its not about your ego.

  • Posted By: Fred a @ 08/28/2008 1:48:18 PM

    If anyone would have listened to my suggestion from day one we would'nt be in this predicament in Iraq now. Simply we shoud have gathered up all male persons over the age of 15 and executed them all then offer cash rewards to everyone who turned in weapons or locations of weapons and munitions stockpiles. We're not going to change their islamic mind set no matter how many men we have on the ground fighting them. Islam is a sick cult led by the Anti-Christ 650 years removed . Muhammed thank you !!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Suzzb @ 08/19/2008 12:55:53 PM

    The questions should be why not women. Women have little meaning in their culture to begin with. You???re dealing with a culture that is mentally challenged for generations of first cousin marriages. Having spent 10 years in the Middle East the ongoing practice of first cousin marriages is astounding. And from these marriages comes 50% of their kids not only with some physical handicaps but mostly mental slow handicaps that could easily convinced to do anything. I???m not saying this to mean, but it is a fact. They are not the brightest bunch. The US and the world is trying to negotiate with mentally handicapped people who are governed by religious fanatics, good luck with that.

  • Posted By: gfbum @ 08/12/2008 1:39:39 AM

    Those who would state the problem as US greed for OIL are funny. They will tell you that is the problem and then hop in their SUV (Escalade, H3, Navigator etc...) to drive down the road. No, the problem is these fanaticals want to enslave the rest of the world in their vision of Islamism. What we have are gov't that will eliminate the dregs of their society, therefore allowing fanatics to control the mosques. If you read their holy book, and carry out the tenets as written within the Kuran (Qu'ran however you want to phonetically spell it in English) you can justify almost anything. Realigous fanatics exist in every country and of every Religion. It just so happens these fanatics have open access to military weapons.

  • Posted By: Christian bible reader @ 07/31/2008 12:35:43 PM

    This Christian bible reader, Has read his Bible many times and i have never came across the verse"s that were quoted by,slave to the subduer. Jesus, said love your enemies, and do good unto those who spitefully use you. Jesus said i am the way, the truth, and the life ,no one comes unto the Father except threw me. So even your prophet Mohammad, cannot come to God the Father except threw Jesus. Has he done so?

    • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 08/06/2008 12:17:09 PM

      Also the prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) would not have to go through Jesus(peace be upon him), because he was the last and final prophet. So it is really the opposite, when Jesus(peace be upon him) returns he will indeed implement the law of the Qur'an, and he will also stand witness to the prophethood of Mohammad(peace be upon him) whether you believe it or not . Matter of fact Jesus and all prophets(peace be upon them all) were all Muslims. Because the word Muslim is an arabic word, so to do it justice you must translate the word Muslim..."a person who submits to the will of God"=Muslim. So how can you call your self christian and Jesus Christ was not his real name...oh you probably didn't know that either. But since he was Hebrew why would the Messiah have a european name. I am still confused why they(the greeks) translated names in the Torah(old testament) There is mentioned one to come named Mohammaden and then the greeks translated it to Paraclete then from greek to english Paraclite. Do you know what Mohammaden(Mohammaden is a hebrew word) means in english... it means all together lovely. Well once again, may Allah give you guidence, amin.

    • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 08/06/2008 5:09:21 AM

      I have one question for you c. bible reader... who wrote the bible? let me help you the text from which you quote can not be found in all versions of the 37 bibles, not translations, but different versions. Now before you start making claims to Jesus that in reality are not substantiated by history, only in the version of the bible you use. So a little lesson that i realized my self before i left the darkness of christianty. The three original gospels (Mark, MAthew, Luke) were originaly in greek, you can not find one of thier gospels in the language of Jesus which was not greek, the language of Jesus(peace be upon him) was Aramayic, and the only book that was written in aramayic that claims to be a recording of Jesus's life(peace be upon him) the author is not recorded meaning that historicly, this so-called aramayic gospel is not acceptable to people of sound knowledge. Also keep in mind that your english bible is a translation from a greek reference(mark mathew luke and john) that never met Jesus(peace be upon him), so with out doubt can you believe in words that have no chain of person to the one who supossedly said them.
      As for the Qur'an, it was compilled in the time of Mohammad (peace be upon him) and reviewed by over 10,000 people who had placed it to memory, and now we have millions of muslims who have memorized the Qur'an from the far west to the far east, meaning even if someone burnt all the Qur'ans in the same week millions could be re-written due to the fabulous memories of these people. Now i would like to mention, no christian has momorized the entire bible that you read, not to mention the 37 versions that no christian has placed to memory. So this would make it very easy for people to add additions and subtract subtractions from the bible through out history. But illhamdulillah(praise be to Allah) the Qur'an has lasted over 1,400 years with not one change. The gospels did not even last 300 years before it was changed(check counsil of nicea). I honestly mentioned this to you to help you, not to upset you. One more question... these verses you quoted "Jesus is the way," "the only way to God," and so-on, what would happen to all the people who came and died before Jesus, all the prophets and their followers would go to hell according to your belief, but then that would make the Creator unjust, and the Creator is the most just. Showing another flaw in your ununiversal belief. May Allah give you guidence, amin.

    • Posted By: olderwiser @ 07/31/2008 2:16:41 PM

      Well let's see now, the bible was already written when the Christian Crusaders traveled all the way from Britain to the Middle East to kill Muslims. If the Muslims were the Christian's friends, then they could kill them because they were only admonished to love the enemy. If the Muslims were their enemies, then they shouldn't have killed them according to the readings you cite. So, I guess that they went all that way to kill their friends. This crap is just nuts. Religions really just live to kill each other. They are all just as nutty as a fruitcake. The Quran says one thing and the Bible says another thing and they all just love to kill each other over these crappy verses. It's just stupid. That's why the constitution said to keep this crap out of our government. Wake up.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 08/05/2008 5:35:46 AM

    What have done invaders,
    should never disregard reality,
    carpet bomberment was made
    and targeted civilian population,
    tens of thousand childern were made smock,
    they were really innocent,
    it was a nude violation of fundamental principle of war
    which was not allowed,
    as charter of the U.N.says.


    As being described by some particular quarters,
    as female suicide attackers,
    terrorists,
    but i am not infavour of this arguements,
    being advanced,

    Every action creat reaction,
    and some time anger makes man mad,
    it is a reaction,
    it is revenge.

    They have lost their beloveds,
    sun,father,brothers,husbands and daughters,

    The women,now called suicide attacker,
    don't want to live,
    life has become valuless for them,
    who compelled them to do such crime.

    This is a sign of interogation,
    will remain stand till the day of judgement,
    which require justice.

  • Posted By: deancc @ 08/04/2008 6:38:46 PM

    Why? Ever take a good look at their husbands?

  • Posted By: NoName00 @ 08/04/2008 10:20:15 AM

    The foreign terrorists realize they have lost in Iraq. The Iraqi government is growing stronger. It is only a matter of time before the U.S. will leave Iraq in the hands of the new government. The foreign terrorists have pulled their men back to other countries hoping to build strength in those locations before the U.S leaves Iraq, freeing up valuable U.S. manpower to fight them in those other locations. This is why they are using women. The foreign terrorists wish to keep the U.S troops busy, but do not wish to use their best men to do so. Those men are being sent elsewhere - like Afghanistan. Local 'freedom fighters" also realize they have little hope of re-taking Iraq, so they are cleaning house of women they find troublesome or inconvienent by playing on their emotions to convince them to become bombers.

    As awful as it all is, it may have an effect on the situation of women in Iraq and other areas. By using traditionally dressed women as bomb carts, the terrorists are creating a negative association in the minds of the Iraqi people for women dressed in the abaya. If this trend of female bombers in traditional dress continues, traditional dress will no longer be associated with modesty and piety in the average Iraqi mind, but rather with fear and potential danger.

  • Posted By: NoName00 @ 08/04/2008 10:17:58 AM

    The foreign terrorists realize they have lost in Iraq. The Iraqi government is growing stronger. It is only a matter of time before the U.S. will leave Iraq in the hands of the new government. The foreign terroists have pulled their men back to other countries hoping to build strength in those locations before the U.S leaves Iraq, freeing up valuable U.S. manpower to fight them in those other locations. This is why they are using women. The foreign terrorists wish to keep the U.S troops busy, but do not wish to use their best men to do so. Those men are being sent elsewhere - like Afghanistan. Local 'freedom fighters" also realize they have little hope of re-taking Iraq, so they are cleaning house of women they find troublesome or inconvienent by playing on their emotions to convince them to become bombers.

    As awful as it all is, it may have an effect on the situation of women in Iraq and other areas. By using traditionally dressed women as bomb carts, the terrorists are creating a negative association in the minds of the Iraqi people for women dressed in the abaya. If this trend of female bombers in traditional dress continues, traditional dress will no longer be associated with modesty and piety in the average Iraqi mind, but rather with fear and potential danger.

  • Posted By: jwwsu @ 08/03/2008 3:39:46 PM

    i am continually amazed at the barbarism of criminals calling themselves Muslims while sending Muslims out to murder themselves and other Muslims. The poor idiots who allow themselves to be conned into such self destruction while murdering strangers for some vague cause are stupid beyond belief. The idea that these murderers will be rewarded with virgins for the boys and boys for the women or whatever is laughable. How stupid can you be? The Arabs/Muslims of the Mid East had their day in the sun 900 years ago. Since then it has been a long slide down into the darkness of today.

  • Posted By: John_Toradze @ 07/30/2008 4:34:33 PM

    Bobma -
    1. The crusades were just a few attempts to counter attack after hundreds of years of Muslim armies pushing across what is now Turkey. Those armies systematically slaughtered the population of cities that fought, but they fought anyway. Islam had pushed all the way across Africa, up to the Pyrenees. A couple of counter-attacks are used by Muslims to justify hundreds of years of war and oppression before them?

    2. Manifest destiny originated in the pulpit in Massachussetts in response to the observation of the settlers that the Indians died from disease and left the land to them. Plymouth itself was an Indian village (Squantos to be exact) with crops in the fields when the Pilgrim fathers moved in.

    3. The problem is with the ideology of Islam which is unique among all religions. Only Islam has a founder who was a general that committed what we now call war crimes. Mohammed also committed rape, recruited and blessed assassination as a tool to silence critics. 270 million people were killed before the beginning of the 20th century by the armies of Islam. The Koran directs this and approves of it. Islam is an oppressive, dictatorial ideology. When Muslim minorities become sizeable, they always become violent. Now they content themselves with shouting "Allah Akbar!" in their homes and mosques when they see people like you and I killed. That will change.

    • Posted By: bobma @ 07/30/2008 5:01:16 PM

      my point was not that Christianity is bad, it can be a very good thing if used the right way, so don't feel the need to defend it (at least to me anyway). My point is that any religion can be used as a tool, by one sick duck, to get a bunch of other sick ducks, who then get the mob mentality rolling, for something that is totally off the path of what the religion was originally intended for.

      • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 07/31/2008 10:27:36 AM

        HOW WOULD YOU KNOW BOBMA!! YOU HAVE NOT STUDIED ANY RELIGION OBVIOUSLY.
        I would like to point something out... What does it say in the christian bible, IN LEVITICUS. ALSO WHAT DID JESUS (PEACE BE UPON HIM SAY) WHEN HE CAME RIDING INTO PALASTINE, HE ORDERED HIS FOLLOWERS TO BRING THE PEOPLE FORTH AND IF THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM HE TOLD THEM TO "SMITE THEM AT THEIR NECKS". You know nothing of religion and John_Toradze is just another biast idiot.

        • Posted By: Christian bible reader @ 07/31/2008 1:01:39 PM

          To slave of the subduer. You know nothing of the Christian bible, and yet you try to quote from it. I challenge you to read the new tesitiment. You will find that Jesus ( who brought peace, between mankind, and God the Father ) said love your enemies,and do good unto those who spitefully use you . To his Apostles he said if someone should smite you on your cheek, turn your head so that he can smite you on the other cheek. You cannot torture some one into a false belief in jesus. Jesus said you must come to me believing, in your heart, that I am the only begotten Son Of God. I am the way, the truth, and the life No one comes unto the father but by me. Did your phrophet Mohammad come to God the Father threw Jesus?

          • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 08/03/2008 11:59:43 AM

            Save your idocy for those who don't know anything about religion. I see you you read the bible selectivly, and only want you want to read. The verse i mentioned is well known and i used to study it in bible school on sunday. Even atheist use this verse in the bible to prove christianty is a violent religion. So who are you trying to fool C.Bible Reader... not me obviously. Also the verse "turn the other cheek" has been agreed on by christian scholors to be an addition to the bible and not the words of Jesus(peace be upon him). The prophet Mohammad(peace be upon him) confirmed Jesus's(peace be upon him) prophet hood, and his miracle birth, and that he is the Messiah, but Jesus is not God, nor did he claim to be (Luke 18:19 read it!!)
            Though the jews deny Jesus's prophet hood, and say horrible things about his blessed mother. The Qur'an proves he was a prophet of the All Mighty Allah and one of those who will be close to the Creator in paradise, but Jesus is not God, he was a human and a rightous prophet. Also Jesus beat the pharsiees out of the temple and cursed musians... what do you mean peace, he brought islam, and if one accepts islam then he will be at peace, but only then.

    • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 07/31/2008 10:22:03 AM

      ALSO YOUR LIES ABOUT THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD(PEACE BE UPON HIM) WILL HAVE REPERCUSSIONS. MAY YOU BE CURSED IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE NEXT!!!

    • Posted By: Slave of The Subduer @ 07/31/2008 10:20:03 AM

      No it won't, ALLAH HU AKBAR!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Mili19 @ 07/31/2008 11:38:17 PM

    From what I gather from this reading, it is thought that women in Al Qaeda should be treated fairly; given education and so forth, that way they'll be more civil and not be a bunch of idiots. That is so funny; and while youre at it, why not put a gaint target on your back! Granted, we shouldnt be over there still fighting. We gave those "people" soldiers and taught them how to defend themselves, but guess what, now we're spoon feeding them. We should have sent troops over there to "teach", then left. No wonder that country can't defend itself, it has the U.S as a cruch. One of the things that doesn't make sense is the fact that we, as Americans, see women and children as loving people who shouldn't be harmed. Women are care/life givers, children are our hope for the future and will make things better......that is what we believe. But, it is a whole different country with its own views over there in Iraq. To them, Women AND children are nothing more than mobile units of destruction that are a means to end the opposing side. But yet, we (the defenders of freedom) are to care and show compasion for people like this? The way I see it, you try to take me out, youre dead; be it a kid or woman. Thats why things don't go according to plan when we try to 'help' other countries defend themselves, because Americans go by what WE are taught, and OUR way of thinking. I bet that if troops were to actually "think like the enemy"(i.e not be push overs) they could get more done.

    As far as nawawimohamads little comment about women: only ignorant cowards that have no back bone make comments like the that was made. Hopefully it was made out of a sheer attempt to be somewhat funny. If not, I have no pity for weaklings such as your self

    • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 08/03/2008 6:03:53 AM

      Milli19, please read what lalahakbar has written direct to the point.

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