Tuesday, January 6, 2009

US Troops Watch for Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division scan for suspicious activity during a patrol of the Diyala River Valley in Iraq on Dec. 27, 2008. DoD photo by Petty Officer Walter J. Pels, U.S. Navy. (Released)

From Voice Of America:

A U.S. commander in heavily Shi'ite south-central Iraq says he is watching for female suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida as he helps Iraqi forces provide security for the Shi'ite festival of Ashura, which begins Tuesday evening. The commander spoke after a female bomber killed 40 people outside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Sunday.

Speaking from Iraq, Colonel Butch Kievenaar said he has received information indicating that al-Qaida might try to send women into his area as suicide bombers in an effort to disrupt the festival.

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