Ellie Bittourna: Since 2005, the number of female suicide bombers has tripled. In the present day, many people in Iraq are no longer suprised to hear that a female has been a suicide bomber. Carla Marcus stated in the article, "Female suicide bombers have become as common an occurrence here as roadside bombings, political assassinations, and public mourning." The females that are participating in suicide bombing can be practically any age. A story came to attention in the article about a 15-year old girl named Rania, who turned herself into the Iraqi police. As she turned herself in, she was drugged by her fellow terrorists and strapped with 33 pounds of explosives. Another story was of a girl who blew herself up in front of a courthouse, which killed 10 and injured 17. When they examined her remains, they revealed that she was only 14 years old. Older women in Iraq have also been recruiting younger ladies as suicide bombers. Many of these women, young to old, have been victims of terrorist attacks themselves. Some only wanted to be suicide bombers because their family has died in previous attacks. The women want to either "give their life to God" or get revenge against the people who killed their family. Another possible reason could be that they feel disconnected with their society or they are feeling depressed. One of the worst events involved two women bombers who decided to attack at a pet market. About 100 were killed and 145 were injured. The recipients of this attack were mainly small children because they went there after school. This is horrific and something that is really turning into quite a problem in Iraq. Al-Qaeda is currently trying to recruit as many women as possible to keep the cause alive. Unless drastic measures take place they will not stop any time soon.
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/13/1539959.aspx
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