Women Weapons of the Holy War

COMMENTARY
Linked below is an interesting article from Newsweek that delves into the recent appearance of women suicide bombers in the Jihad movement.

NEWSLINE
"My husband is the one who organized everything. I know nothing else."

NEWSBYTE
Women of Al Qaeda
Jihad used to have a gender: male. The men who dominated the movement exploited traditional attitudes about sex and the sexes to build their ranks. They still do that, but with a difference: even Al Qaeda is using female killers now, and goading the men.

(Newsweek) Dec. 12, 2005 issue - Very little is known about the first woman to become a suicide bomber for Al Qaeda in Iraq, except that she dressed as a man. Read full story.

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