International: Women bombers break new ground
Source:
BBC The majority of suicide bombers have been young men. However, some of the most lethal exponents of suicide bombing have been neither male nor Muslim. Women involved in a series of attacks are beginning to undermine this stereotype.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4436368.stm
Submitted on Fri, 12/02/2005 - 00:00
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