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NEWS ABOUT: female suicide bomber

female suicide bomber stories: 14 news summaries

 Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Iraq 

Women, children targeted en route Shia to holy city

Feb 13, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least 35 Iraqi pilgrims on the way to a religious festival today, reports CNN. Another 45 were wounded. The victims, mainly women and children, were in the town of Mussayib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims are currently... More »

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Iraq • Karbala • suicide bombing • Shia • Iraq violence • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims

Iraq Nabs 'Mother' of Female Terrorists

Accused of recruiting
80 suicide bombers

Feb 4, 09 3:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraqi forces have arrested a woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers, the Times of London reports. Samira Ahmed Jassim, known as “the mother of the believers,” has confessed to sending 28 women on suicide missions. Jassim also admitted to planning the rapes of many... More »

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insurgents • Sunni militants • suicide bomber • terrorist • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda • Iraqi Army

Iraq Women Banned at Shrine to Thwart Female Bombers

Security forces can't search women

Jan 7, 09 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - In a bid to ward off female bombers, officials have banned women from a Shia shrine during one of the holiest times of the year, reports the BBC. Because Iraq security forces lack female members, women cannot be searched for bombs. Women are now banned at the Imam Mousa al-Kazim... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • religion • Shia • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims • wowOwow

 18 Killed in Baghdad Blasts 

Green Zone entrance, bus carrying female government workers both hit

Nov 24, 08 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least five people at the entrance of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, and a second bomb killed 13 women traveling on a bus to their government jobs, reports Al Jazeera. The attacks came as Iraqi legislators prepare to vote this week on a security... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bomber • Iraq death toll • bomb • death toll • female suicide bomber • terrorist attack

 Iraqi 'Daughters' Work  
 to Foil Female Attackers 

Despite stigma, women guards try to tackle rise in suicide bombings

Sep 11, 08 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new group of Iraqi women is tackling a big rise in suicide attacks by females, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Insurgent groups are exploiting gender norms that prevent men from searching women, giving bombers who look pregnant or are otherwise fully covered easy access to crowded areas. Female search... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • war • female suicide bomber • Iraq security • Daughters of Iraq • Iraqi women

Opinion

 Female Bombers
 Not So Different
 From Men

Women's motivation is no different

Aug 2, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female suicide bombers have captured much media attention of late, inspiring analysts to think they've been used, or manipulated. The truth, writes political scientist Lindsey O’Rourke in the New York Times, is that they're not that different from their male counterparts. O’Rourke has spent years studying every... More »

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terrorism • suicide bomber • gender stereotypes • female suicide bomber

 Iraqi Suicide Blasts Kill 50

Bombers strike in Baghdad and Kirkuk

Jul 28, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suicide attacks in Iraq today killed at least 50 people and injured about 250, making it one of deadliest days in the country in months, Reuters reports. In Baghdad, three female suicide bombers blew themselves up during a religious pilgrimage, killing 28 and injuring 92. In the northern city of... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • suicide bombing • Shia • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

 Desperation Drives 
 Iraq's Female Bombers 

Death of insurgents leaves female relatives feeling suicide is their only option

Jul 5, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Female suicide bombings are on the rise in Iraq's restive Diyala province, the New York Times reports, and success in combating al-Qaeda may be the cause. Many local insurgents have been killed or detained, leaving their surviving female relatives with little hope for the future. They often come under great... More »

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Iraq • Diyala • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Sunni insurgents • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • al-Qaeda in Iraq

 Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq 

35 dead in double wedding blast; US soldier among dead in Baghdad attack

May 1, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - As US forces engaged in heavy fighting in the Mahdi Army's Sadr City today, bombings in Baghdad and Diyala province took the lives of as many as 45 Iraqis and one US soldier, the AP reports. The Diyala bombing, in Balad Ruz, was carried out by two suicide bombers—one... More »

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Iraq • US military • suicide bombing • Iraq death toll • wedding • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Baghdad Blast Kills 5 US Troops

Leader of Sunni Awakening killed in separate suicide attack

Mar 10, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five American troops are dead after a suicide bomber struck today in the Mansour district of Baghdad, the BBC reports. The soldiers were patrolling a busy shopping center when a young man wearing an explosive vest engaged them in conversation shortly before detonating, said a military spokesman. Three other service... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bombing • surge • Iraq violence • Sunni leaders • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Female Bomber Kills
Anti-Qaeda Sunni Sheik

Diyala-area Awakening leader hit in attack

Mar 10, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber assassinated a Sunni Awakening leader in his Diyala province home today, the AP reports, killing the sheik’s bodyguard, cousin, and 5-year-old niece along with him. The woman had come to see the sheik yesterday, saying her husband had been kidnapped and was begging for help.... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • Baquba • female suicide bomber • Awakening Councils • Concerned Local Citizens • Diyala Province • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Bombing Kills 12 in Sri Lanka

Colombo's train station hit on eve of independence celebration

Feb 3, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 12 in the main train station of Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, AFP reports, in the latest round of violence on the eve of the country's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain. More than 100 were wounded in the attack, believed to be the... More »

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suicide bomber • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • bombing • female suicide bomber • bus bombing • Colombo • separatist group

Iraq Disarms Female Cops

Rising conservatism undoes US push
for more women
in law enforcement

Dec 11, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The female officers the US worked so hard to bring into the Iraqi police force are being undercut by the Interior Ministry, the Los Angeles Times reports. Policewomen have been ordered to turn in their guns or go without pay, a move a US liaison says will undermine pat-down searches... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Shiite • police • Interior Ministry • Iraq police • sex discrimination • female suicide bomber • guns

Female Suicide Bomber Strikes in Central Iraq

16 die in second attack by a woman in 2 weeks; another blast kills 10

Dec 7, 07 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman detonated a bomb today in the offices of a group fighting Al-Qaeda in central Iraq, killing 16 and injuring 27. The suicide bombing, at the Muqdadiyah office of an anti-al-Qaeda group, was the second by a woman in 2 weeks, AFP reports. Elsewhere in restive Diyala province, a... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Baquba • bombing • female suicide bomber • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda

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