Iraqi polit-stooges go apeshit over suicide bomber cartoon
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi magazine cartoon depicting a female suicide bomber in a pose like the Statue of Liberty, arm raised with a lit bomb fuse instead of a torch in her hand, has angered lawmakers who voted to sue the publication for allegedly damaging the image of Muslim women.
* Great: but why doesn’t the main-stream-media doesn’t show us the cartoon?
The editors of al-Isbouiyah, or Weekly, say the cartoon is meant to condemn al-Qaida in Iraq and should be protected under freedom of expression laws enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution.
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15-year-old female would-be suicide bomber tells her story

The following is a partial transcript of the video interview, which can be viewed in full, with English subtitles, at the MEMRI link. More on al-Qaeda’s use of children as suicide bombershere.
“15-Year-Old Iraqi Would-Be Suicide Bomber Tells Her Story on Iraq TV,” from MEMRI, (thanks to Jeffrey Imm) Transcript here at JW





