Jihadists who exploit the mentally disabled
Published by Avi Green on Saturday, February 02, 2008 at 1:26 PM.
According to this article in the Daily Mail (via Michelle Malkin), al Qaeda used two mentally disabled women to conduct a suicide bombing in south Baghdad:
Al Qaeda fanatics plumbed sickening new depths yesterday when they turned two women with Down's syndrome into human bombs to kill 70 people in Baghdad.See, there's another reason why jihadists are able to do these things, because of oversensitivity to Islam. That aside, it shows just how demonic jihadists can be, in one of the worst ways. Absolutely sick.
The unwitting pawns were apparently fooled into wearing explosive vests which were then detonated remotely by mobile phones as the women mingled with crowds.
The two blasts caused carnage at two busy markets in the Iraqi capital's deadliest atrocity since last spring.
A U.S. military spokesman conveyed the sense of outrage over the depravity of the masterminds.
"They have shown their true demonic character," said Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Stover.
Involving women in fighting violates religious taboos in Iraq, but extremists are recruiting females and youths to stage suicide attacks in a desperate attempt to beat tightened security measures.
Women can avoid thorough searches at checkpoints because of Islamic sensitivities, and four have carried out suicide bombings since November.
Yesterday's attacks are the first ever to have involved anyone with Down's Syndrome.
