Insurgents use 8 year old girl as suicide bomber in Iraq

[galaxy21]

05/14/2008 --
An eight-year-old girl strapped with explosives has blown up and killed an Iraqi army captain.

The bomb was detonated by remote control, injuring four soldiers in addition to the one who died, an Iraqi Army spokesman said.

Local authorities imposed a curfew in the area and American troops launched a search for those responsible.

US soldiers confirmed that a young girl was involved in the attack, which took place near Youssifiyah, south of the capital, Baghdad.

The horrific bombing came as Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki flew to Mosul to take charge of a major offensive against al Qaeda.

The US military says the northern city is the terror group's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.

Military officials hope the offensive will deliver a knockout blow.

Sunni Islamist al Qaeda gunmen have regrouped in Mosul and the surrounding province of Nineveh after being pushed out of Baghdad and western Anbar province by US and Iraqi forces.

Moqtada al Sadr's opposition movement struck a deal the ruling Shi'ite alliance to end running battles in Baghdad, although sporadic clashes keep breaking out.


sky news


That's horrible. This is why there can never be victory in Iraq the people (not civlians) we're dealing with are savages.

[lonestarnot]

1. OMG

:cry:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

2. See!

We are liberating them after all.

We are making good progress.

What a sick world.

Poor little child.

[Cant trust em]

3. How do you win with people who are willing to strap a bomb to an 8 year old?

[Winterblues]

7. Not sure you can, remember the exact same thing occured in Vietnam

Children sometimes approached GIs with a hidden hand grenade. Women and Children were a very important part of the VC forces....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Uh huh.

Riiiight.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. If I strapped explosives to an 8 year old in the U.S. and detonated by remote control,

what are the chances the headline would call that a "suicide bombing"?

[galaxy21]

6. I don't even want to guess whether the girl knew or not

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. "Let freedom reign!"

[mike_c]

9. well you're certainly jumping through precisely the right hoops....

"The people we are dealing with (not civilians) are savages."

Assuming this even happened as described by the usual propaganda organs, which of the people involved do you think were "not civilians?" The insurgency in Iraq is very much a civilian insurgency. Savages, huh?

[galaxy21]

11. I think most of the civilian insurgents would draw the line at this

There are plenty of monsters over there as well, you know. They're the ones that are strapping bombs to children.

[magellan]

12. There are savages on both sides

Getting all righteous because their form of the religious right blew up a young girl is no different than how ordinary Iraqis feel when they learn a few of our soldiers murdered a young girl's family, raped and murdered her, then burned her body.

The outrage factor is the excuse that keeps the bloodbath going. Too few are focused on the hole we're digging and how to get out of it.

[satireV]

10. More media lies Sky News is now saying the bomber was 16 years old

Of course those who hate based on faith will spread the original story in order to enflame and justify more hatred.


I sort of figured this was bogus when I saw it was from Murdoch

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1316058,00.html

US soldiers originally said an eight-year-old girl was used in the attack, which took place near Youssifiyah, south of the capital, Baghdad.

But the US army now believes the girl was around 16-years-old.

Fact checking by the media is considered passe now.