The ‘Islamic State of Iraq’, a monicker used by a group purporting to be al-Qaeda’s branch in the country, has announced it has created a ‘brigade’ of women suicide bombers, a London-based Arab news agency reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The militant group announced the unit’s creation through pamphlets distributed in several Sunni Muslim mosques and neighbourhoods of Baghdad, Quds Press reported.<\/p>\n
“Verily a group of faithful women, consisting of mothers, wives and daughters of martyrs who were members of the Islamic State of Iraq, have formed the suicide bomber brigade al-Khansa” the message contained in the pamphlets said.<\/p>\n
The brigade – whose name derives from a 7th Century AD Arab poetess and collaborator of the Prophet Mohammed – will launch its first suicide attack during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the pamphlets said.<\/p>\n
The pamphlet ends with an appeal for other women to join the brigade and to sacrifice themselves as suicide bombers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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