Palestinian Muslim militants send out women suicide bombers, as does the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which has waged a guerrilla war since 1984 for autonomy in Turkey's southeast.īecause of Muslim cultural sensitivities, women can be excellent candidates for suicide attacks when there are no female security guards. Female Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have carried out at least 60 suicide bombings in 24 years. The first known female suicide bomber was Sana Mheidali, a Lebanese who killed two Israeli soldiers in 1985. Women have acted as suicide bombers for other causes. 'So to see women (suicide bombers) shows an abnormal situation - the absence of men.'

'Women should be in the last rows' of fighting, he said. The tightening noose - at least for now - appears to be prompting the militants to turn to women attackers, Rashwan said, noting that extremist Muslim groups use women only when they see no alternative. The al Qaeda fighters have moved into Diyala northeast of Baghdad and farther north into Mosul, 225 miles northwest of the capital. American and Iraqi forces, and thousands of Sunni tribal groups who turned against al Qaeda in Iraq, have pushed the extremist group from Baghdad and Anbar province west of the capital. 31, a bomber in Baqouba detonated her suicide vest close to a police patrol, wounding five policemen and four civilians.ĭevastating attacks continue in Iraq even as Iraqi casualties are down by 55 percent nationwide since June 2007, according to an AP count. 7, a woman attacked the offices of a Diyala-based Sunni group fighting al Qaeda in Iraq, killing 15 people and wounding 35. patrol in Diyala's regional capital, Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven U.S.

4, a woman detonated an explosives vest next to a U.S. The last female suicide bombing had been in July. In November and December, women carried out three suicide bombings in Diyala province, one of Iraq's most violent areas, where al Qaeda in Iraq has a stronghold. But those attacks appear to be increasing.

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