Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Two women bomb themselves in Baghdad.
There were two women who bombed themselves on February 1st in a pet market in Baghdad. The explosion injured over 100 people and killed 73 people. This is one of the most violent attacks in Baghdad since America put 30,000 more soldiers in the west of this country last year. In the first attacks, a woman started a bomb which was hidden in a Jewish traditional coat in the center market of Al-Ghazl. Violence had decreased in Iraq since 7/2007 and people began to come to the markets, they tried to get back their original lives. But since 11/2007 at least 4 explosions were made by the women and all of them were in Diyala, the North East of Iraq. From now on, the number of women who bomb themselves had increased in the world. In October, Al-Qaeda warned that they would have the second woman bomb herself. At that time, she was with her husband and she bombed herself in a group of American soldiers when they were marching in Mosul. And in 9/11/2007 there was the third woman named M.Degauque. The attack was unsuccessful but she died and the American policemen killed her husband. She killed herself with a group of Iraqi policemen. I think Al-Qaeda found a new solution to kill people: use the women. The American government was very concerned about this and they think that this tendency will spread wider in the world. This is so cruel to kill people in this way. We need to find the solution to stop the terrorists from killing people. Because if we don’t, many people will die in their hands and they will never stop doing this. Maybe they will do the same thing not only in Iraq but also in Europe, especially inside of the United States.