13-Year-Old Female Suicide Bomber Kills 4 In Iraq

The attacker took place at a checkpoint in Baquba, capital of Diyala province, which is manned by the former Sunni insurgents who switched sides to battle al-Qaeda, police said.

Fifteen people, including three women, were also injured in the attack shortly before noon (0900 GMT), they said.

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Comments

[noseysniper]

The world is a depressing place.

[motley2]

How much hate do you need in your heart to turn a child into a bomb? God help us...seriously God, we could us a little assist here.

[AmandaBC]

Occam's razor: there isn't one. Get off your butt and do something about it.

[Ramirez]

There are posters here who refer to these bombers as "freedom fighters."

Seriously.

[Smirk]

You're the first poster I've seen use that phrase.

[AmandaBC]

I don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure you'd call Luis Posada Carriles a "freedom fighter"...

[angryliberal]

God is the problem, education is the solution.

[watchingthings]

If a 13 year old child gets it in her head that there is glory in these despicable acts, then many in the Muslim Clergy are failing miserbly in their positions.

[iranter]

if she is old enough to marry, then this act makes sense. afterall, she was just a piece of property.

[fuzzer]

NO