Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Interesting story about an Ansar Al-Islam would-be suicide bomber and how he was recruited. (Hat Tip: mal) Sounds like any cult activity anywhere. I saw an interesting episode of National Geographic Explorer about the Kurdish region of Iraq where the reporter went into a jail and talked to a young suicide bomber who had gotten cold-feet. His story was a lot like this one. It may even have been the same guy.
When they brought his suicide vest into the room and had him try it on, he started giggling.
Odd moment.
Yahoo! News - Ansar Al-Islam Prisoner Shows Techniques
A member of Ansar al-Islam, a group with alleged links to the al-Qaida terror network, Qader signed up to blow himself up. Ansar even selected the target in Sulaimaniyah: the Interior Ministry in the Kurdish north, which is heavily involved in the hunt for Ansar militants.
"I learnt from Ansar al-Islam that killing one's self for the sake of Islam is a good thing and is considered jihad (holy war)," Qader, a soft-spoken 18-year-old, told The Associated Press...
