"The Seedy Side Of Islamic Terrorism"

We have known for some time about the seedy side of Islamic terrorism, ranging from the widespread use of drugs to the manipulation of psychologically damaged children. But, for me at least, this is the first account of systematic rape as a recruiting method. It ought to disgust everyone, but it should be especially repulsive to Muslims, for their religion is being cynically used in conjunction with sexist brutality in order to kill their own women as well as their (mostly Muslim) victims.
Michael Ledeen

Suicide bombers are neither as driven by dedication nor poverty as has been claimed by their apologists. An example:

A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame.

Samira Jassam, 51, was arrested by Iraqi police and confessed to recruiting the women and orchestrating dozens of attacks.

In a video confession, she explained how she had mentally prepared the women for martyrdom operations, passed them on to terrorists who provided explosives, and then took the bombers to their targets.

I recall years ago when some spoke about the mesiras nefesh, the self-sacrifice and dedication, of these terrorists for a noble cause.

There was never anything noble about this exploitation of Muslims by other Muslims--not in Iraq and certainly not in Gaza by Hamas.

Maybe even the UN is slowly coming around to that realization:

A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.

Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels.

Faster please.

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