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  • September 2008

    • Iraqi 'Daughters' Work to Foil Female Attackers

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 11, 08 7:28 PM CDT

      Iraqi 'Daughters' Work to Foil Female Attackers

      (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 teams are being assembled to curb such attacks, a development that could help change perceptions of women in the nation, the Monitor notes. More »

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      Iraq  • war  • Iraq security  • female suicide bomber  • suicide bombers

  • August 2008

    • Suicide Bombers Kill 59 in Pakistan

      Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 08 10:35 AM CDT

      Suicide Bombers Kill 59 in Pakistan

      (AP) - Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan's largest weapons complex killed at least 59 people today, heightening the turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president. The bombers struck two different gates of the government weapons complex just as workers were leaving. The complex, comprising 12 factories, is located in Wah, a garrison city 20 miles west of the capital, Islamabad. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • suicide bombers

    • Female Bombers Not So Different From Men

      New York Times  |  Aug 2, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Female Bombers Not So Different From Men

      (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 known female suicide bomber since 1981, and uncovered no proof that motivations differ between the sexes. More »

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      terrorism  • female suicide bomber  • suicide bombers  • gender stereotypes

  • July 2008

    • Suicide Bombers Kill 35 in Iraq

      Reuters  |  Jul 15, 08 5:29 AM CDT

      Suicide Bombers Kill 35 in Iraq

      (Newser) - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in an Iraqi army recruitment center, killing 35 people and wounding at least 63, the New York Times reports. Most of the dead were recruits. The attack took place in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's ethnically mixed Diyala province. On Sunday the country's interior ministry announced a major crackdown in Diyala, which will involve American troops. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq death toll  • suicide attack  • Baquba  • suicide bombers

  • May 2008

    • Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      New York Times  |  May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT

      Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      (Newser) - One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Guantanamo Bay  • Mosul  • enemy combatants  • detainees  • Hoshyar Zebari  • suicide bombers

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