Two Explosions Kill at Least 28 at Istanbul Airport [Updated]
Two explosions that are being reported as suicide bomber detonations went off Tuesday night at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul.
Arizona Congressman is Sorry for Scaring Kids With Talk of Nuclear Weapons and Suicide Bombers
Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon is apologizing after getting a little too real with a class full of elementary school students, during what was supposed to be a light conversation about how a bill becomes a law. Instead, Salmon took the opportunity to tell the kids about nuclear weapons and ask them, “Do you know that…
Governments Still Ignore Female Terrorists at Their Own Peril
A new report seeks to elucidate what we're risking when we treat terrorism as a men-only institution and ignore the threat that women can pose. So, what are we risking? Death, basically.
Taliban Uses Married Couple, 8-Year-Old Girl In Bombings
In recent years there have been a handful of female suicide bombers in Iraq and other regions of the world, but the Taliban claims it never used women to carry out suicide attacks — until now. It's believed the Taliban was behind two unrelated attacks this weekend that involved women, and took the lives of more than a…
Smooth Operators: Bootleg Botox Could Become Tool For Terrorism
Is our global Botox addiction contributing to terrorism? The Washington Post weighs in on the link between mass destruction and beauty-industrial complex injectibles.
What Pushes Women to Become Suicide Bombers?
In a chilling article for the New York Times magazine, reporter Alissa J. Rubin speaks to would-be suicide bomber Baida. The roots of her scorn? The American occupation, isolation, and an unwavering belief that she is a warrior for God.
Iraqi Authorities Arrest Female Recruiter Of Female Suicide Bombers
Samira Ahmed Jassim al-Azzawi has been accused of recruiting more than 80 Iraqi women as suicide bombers, though she only admits to around 30. How did she do it?
Is It Sexist To Wonder Why Women Would Become Suicide Bombers?
With today's arrest of
three women thought to be wannabe suicide bombers in Iraq, it's probably about time to wonder, again, what drives women to do this. We've posited of on the topic recently as the violence committed by women in Iraq has increased sharply this year. But something else: the media is obsessed with…
What Better Way To Celebrate Being An Iraqi Woman Than Blowing Shit Up?
Remember when female suicide bombers seemed totally exotic? Well, there is one glass ceiling the Better Half of The Iraq has spent the past year detonating. Monday's bombing in Kirkuk, wherein four Sunni lady bombers sacrificed themselves to kill 57 and wound another 280 of their fellow first and second-class…
Women's Lives Becoming Increasingly Expendable In War Zones
The end result of a suicide bombing remains the same whether it's the work of a woman or a man. And yet, female suicide bombers remain relatively rare in Iraq, despite the lower status of women in society as a whole. There have been less than 30 female suicide bombers of more than 1,000 total in Iraq since the "end"…
"Daughters Of Iraq" Are Working To Take Back The Neighborhood
There have been over 20 "successful" female suicide bombers in Iraq since November, and U.S. and Iraqi forces have begun hiring local women to join their neighborhood security associations as a way to quell the tide of attacks. The Daughters of Iraq, an offshoot of the group Sons of Iraq, are working "in pairs,…
As you may have heard, a series of suicide bombings occurred in Iraq earlier today, killing at least 72 people. Planned by Al Qaeda, the attacks were "carried out" (if you can call it that) by two mentally-disabled women at two of Baghdad's pet markets... and the bombs were detonated by remote control. It's not yet…
