Coordinated blasts that have ripped through two Baghdad pet markets, killing at least 99 people, were exploded on the bodies of two mentally impaired women.
Baghdad security officials say the women were identified as Down Syndrome sufferers after their severed heads were found in the debris.
The women, wearing belts containing 15 kilograms of explosives and deadly metal slugs, killed ninety nine people and wounded well over a hundred.
Iraqi officials raised the death toll markedly early Saturday morning. The number killed had been reported at lower levels earlier.
The explosives were triggered by remote control.
The bombings are the deadliest in Baghdad since August 1st, when three car bombs killed more than eighty people.
Police say the first bomb struck a popular pet market in central Baghdad as hundreds of people were out enjoying the Muslim day of rest.
The second bombing about 20 minutes later rocked a pet market in the Al-Jadida neighbourhood of south-east Baghdad, which was also crowded.
The carcasses of dead animals were strewn amongst the human victims.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the twin suicide bombings that will not sidetrack Iraq's military from its goal of restoring security to the country.
Mr. Maliki said in a written statement Saturday that Iraqi forces will continue to crush terrorists and target their strongholds.
Friday's nearly simultaneous suicide bombings at two pet markets in Baghdad made for the deadliest day in the capital in several months.
| By Edithann, 02-01-08, 08:08 PM |
Mentally impaired women used in suicide bombingsNo, they were not retarded..there is no proof and the PBS evening news confirmed there is no proof..
It’s Israeli propaganda to push the Anti Arab rhetoric..they never stop.. |
| By Anonymous, 02-01-08, 11:49 PM |
| it looks those womens face were very known like Hllary clinton or Condi rice!!!!!so everyone knew them and identified among all these killed people.Americans propanganda
responsibility has been given to some intern CIA staffs who are very immature to fabricate these things.anyway as they are producing millions of propaganda so its hard to find so many experts. |
| By Anti-Ignorance in all people, 02-01-08, 11:53 PM |
How to promote understanding - NOT!"It shouldn’t be too hard to find retarded people in an Arab country, the middle east is full of potential."
With a deep, well-structured post such as that one, they may come to recruit you too....
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| By seeee, 02-02-08, 12:50 AM |
What a cowardly act?Why doesn’t those sucide bomber’s masterminds strapped those bombs onto their own wives and daughters to blow them up?
Killing innocent people by sucide bombs are bad enought but using mentally impaired women against their wills are even worse. These act do not not speak well for Islam. |
| By Nuke The Ragheads, 02-02-08, 01:52 AM |
Nuke The RagheadsNuke The Ragheads, almost all of them are mentally retarded anyway |
| By ChineseJew, 02-02-08, 03:37 AM |
| US military is full of them too. |
| By Blue, 02-02-08, 12:48 PM |
| How utterly ridiculous! After blowing themselves up with 15k of dynamite at waist level...their heads were in good enough shape to identify them. The amount of bullshit floating in the news today is sickening. There is NO news. Just a bunch of newspaper owners all kissing the ass of The Federal Reserve Bank. I hope they one day come for your family. And they will!
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| By RudyPooJeb, 02-02-08, 02:07 PM |
i dont knowb u l l s h 1 t ....
sure it was not a dog are a goat wearing the explosives |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 04:22 PM |
Bombers heads remain undamagedFor your information in fact a suicide bombers head is almost always easily identifiable. It is generally pushed upwards away from the blast zone before much else happens. I have been to over 50 suicide attack zones and in most cases the head of the bomber is almost undamaged (aside fromm the fact its detached of course ) |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 05:14 PM |
Murders.. There is no excuseThese have NO GOD.. They have no SHAME .. Moving into a market place and blowing up as many people as possible! The only thing more sickening is people sitting here trying to make excuses.. Go on make excuses while sitting on your FAT ARSE.. YOU TOO WILL BURN IN HELL. Tick Tick Tick, the clock is counting down your appointment with God. Be sure you can say “I Love you and your creation" |
| By Anonymous, 02-03-08, 06:19 AM |
| What a cowardly act?
Why doesn’t those sucide bomber’s masterminds strapped those bombs onto their own wives and daughters to blow them up?=====
For the simple reason, that they do not believe that they will get the reward they promised is waiting in heaven.
They are just merciless killers and nothing more |
| By Mr_Red, 02-20-08, 07:09 PM |
US: Bombers didnt have Downs SyndromeThe US military itself has now been forced to admit that the “bombers” did NOT have Downs Syndrome. This was deliberate misinformation to create an uproar and disgust across the world. It was not true. There is no evidence to prove that women with Downs Syndrome were “used” in the attack. Nonsense, misinformation. Even some of the official news agencies have reported this now (obviously with less attention than the original FALSE story).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bombers;_ylt=Asy7fMIcX5VfIBdfMcc08Q39xg8F |
| By Mr_Red, 02-20-08, 07:11 PM |
US: Bombers didnt have Downs SyndromeThe US military itself has now been forced to admit that the “bombers” did NOT have Downs Syndrome. This was deliberate misinformation to create an uproar and disgust across the world. It was not true. There is no evidence to prove that women with Downs Syndrome were “used” in the attack. Nonsense, misinformation. Even some of the official news agencies have reported this now (obviously with less attention than the original FALSE story).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bombers;_ylt=Asy7fMIcX5VfIBdfMcc08Q39xg8F |
| By Mr_Red, 02-20-08, 07:12 PM |
US: Bombers didnt have Downs SyndromeThe US military itself has now been forced to admit that the “bombers” did NOT have Downs Syndrome. This was deliberate misinformation to create an uproar and disgust across the world. It was not true. There is no evidence to prove that women with Downs Syndrome were “used” in the attack. Nonsense, misinformation. Even some of the official news agencies have reported this now (obviously with less attention than the original FALSE story).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bombers;_ylt=Asy7fMIcX5VfIBdfMcc08Q39xg8F |
| By Mystefied, 02-01-08, 08:29 PM |
I don't know what you are talking aboutMaybe in fact it is you who doesn’t know what he is talking about.
I switched on PBS and this is what they said about the bombers:-
“In both bombings, women with mental disabilities wore explosive belts that were remotely detonated, Gen. Qasim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad’s security plan, said on state television, according to CNN. The women’s nationalities and identities have not been released." |
| By Anonymous, 02-01-08, 10:29 PM |
| It shouldn’t be too hard to find retarded people in an Arab country, the middle east is full of potential. |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 03:19 PM |
Sure they were retardedThey must have been retarded to have blown themselves up and sentenced themselves to spend eternety with 72 arab men. |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 03:22 PM |
new technologyThe technology of today is breath-taking,it can look inside the dead person’s head and conclude about the level of inteligence.(?)
I thought the place was mixture of mince meat,you could not identify who war suicide bomber. |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 05:38 PM |
Ummm they where women with downs syndrome
Unregistered;65191: They must have been retarded to have blown themselves up and sentenced themselves to spend eternety with 72 arab men.
They had nothing to do with their ultimate fate!
Only a sick twisted piece of crap would take advantage of mentally ill people to further a twisted cause like suicide bombings.
The people who train and fund this kind of crap never do it themselves they always find some other sucker to do it.
Or worse push the button from afar like this latest round of inhumanity.
I hope Kharma comes around and does unto them as they have done unto the retarded. |
| By Anonymous, 02-05-08, 11:05 AM |
Suicide BombngsI think that the fact that these two unfortunate women were used clearly demonstrates that the bombers are having difficulty to find people to blame for the bombings.
You see most Iraqis and Afghanis realise that these suicide bombings are actually carried out by the Americans and simply blamed on innocent people. Many Iraqis have been used as drivers and translators and have ended up seeing there vehicle blown up. An example of this was an Afghani who was acting as a translator for some british businessmen was told to wait in the car while they attended a meeting. The Afghani left the car to smoke a cigarette only to see the car blow up. Later on the news it was announced as a suicide bombing.
These two ladies were undoubtedly unwilling stooges. Simply being given a lift perhaps and told to wait while the bombs were set of by remote control.
Most so called suicide bombings arer also carried out by remote control and blamed on people who are probably victims rather than villains. Dont forget the example of the two British soldiers who were dressed as arabs who were cought with a vehicle full of bombs and arrested only to be later sprung from jail by a challenger tank.
Dont forget the big demonstrations against the Americans by the Iraqis who demanded an end to theses so called suicide bombings which the Iraqis clearly believe are carried out by the CIA and MOSSAD |
| By shame shame., 02-02-08, 05:55 PM |
Bombs in Iraq. The women are not mentally sick. They are the lover of Iraq. We go there and kill them and those Iraqis now dying they are people who allowed the invaders to go and kill and destroyed Iraq. My message to all of us who are here in American. What will you do if they come and destroyed yours homes yours land kill yours love one and you are staving. I hope we will please then not blew ourselves up. Ha. |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 06:05 PM |
Lady you have zero understanding of any event
shame shame.;65224: The women are not mentally sick. They are the lover of Iraq. We go there and kill them and those Iraqis now dying they are people who allowed the invaders to go and kill and destroyed Iraq. My message to all of us who are here in American. What will you do if they come and destroyed yours homes yours land kill yours love one and you are staving. I hope we will please then not blew ourselves up. Ha.
The women involved in this had an IQ under 80 functional morons at best they had no choice or free will.
Shame on you for bringing politics into this!
This has nothing to do with defending a country and more about resting power thru terror.
I can only hope you have the mental acquity to understand.
If you can’t I suggest making sure your loving government has not put to much floride in your drinking water. |
| By shame shame., 02-02-08, 08:19 PM |
Bombs in Iraq.I have been working for metnal health for over 20 years and I have very good reason. You weren’t there. How do you know the women have IQ of 80. I wonder if you was there and take hers place. We are sick people. I believe if you are not with them don’t a word about them. They die for theirs country and hers people. We went there and kill them. We take the sin. May God Bless people who again the trust. |
| By Anonymous, 02-02-08, 10:02 PM |
Your a nut
shame shame.;65237: I have been working for metnal health for over 20 years and I have very good reason. You weren’t there. How do you know the women have IQ of 80. I wonder if you was there and take hers place. We are sick people. I believe if you are not with them don’t a word about them. They die for theirs country and hers people. We went there and kill them. We take the sin. May God Bless people who again the trust.
I can tell you have been institutionalized!
How much Prozac do you eat daily or are you on some other psychotropic drug?
To answer your question!
Most individuals with Down syndrome have mental retardation in the mild (IQ 50–70) to moderate (IQ 35–50) range,[4] with individuals having Mosaic Down syndrome (explained below) typically 10–30 points higher.[5] In addition, individuals with Down syndrome can have serious abnormalities affecting any body system. They also may have a broad head and a very round face.
Disgusting misuse of another human being no matter how you paint it.
In short No matter what you believe about Iraq and the US involvement acting in this manner is criminal beyond evil and the people who placed these ladies on this path deserve a firing squad.
Further you imbecile these monsters killed Iraqis mostly women and children in an open air market for selling pets.
People like you disgust me.
I suggest you look up nation building Germany and Japan. |
| By waltky, 02-03-08, 12:29 AM |
| al-Qaida done stepped in their mess kit this time...
:mad:
Iraq vows to 'crush terrorists' after 99 killed
Sunday February 03, 2008 - Iraq’s prime minister vowed on Saturday that attacks by two female bombers which killed 99 people in Baghdad would not derail improved security, but angry residents demanded the government do more to protect them.
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Nuri al-Maliki said Friday’s nearly simultaneous bombings at two crowded pet markets, the deadliest attacks in the city since April, would not herald a return to the savage violence that took Iraq to the brink of sectarian civil war. The United States military said there were indications the women were mentally handicapped, and probably unaware they were being used as human bombs. It blamed Sunni Islamist al Qaeda for the attacks. “I swear on the blood (of the victims), we will achieve all our goals in securing a stable Iraq. We will continue to ... crush the terrorists and target their strongholds," Maliki said in a statement.
Highlighting that Iraq faced serious security challenges across the nation, Maliki went to the northern city of Mosul and said a vital offensive was about to begin there after attacks that were also blamed on al Qaeda. The battle that our armed forces will engage in will tear out terrorism, criminal gangs and outlaws in this province," Maliki said of operations in Mosul, where a blast on January 23 killed up to 50 people and wounded 220. The attack at the Ghazil pet market in central Baghdad on Friday killed 62 people and wounded 129, just minutes after another blast killed 37 and wounded 67 at a bird market in southern Baghdad, police said.
Iraq’s military said the bombs were detonated by remote control. Major-General Jeffery Hammond, the commander of US troops in Baghdad, told reporters there were indications the two women were mentally impaired. “It appears the suicide bombers were not willing martyrs, they were used by al Qaeda for these horrific attacks," he said. Al Qaeda in Iraq, blamed by the US military for most other large-scale bombings, has increasingly used women wearing suicide vests to carry out strikes after increased security and protective concrete walls made car bombings more difficult.
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See also:
Iraqi PM warns of imminent battle against Al-Qaeda
03 February 2008 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday held a war council and warned of an imminent battle against Al-Qaeda, a day after two mentally impaired women bombers killed 98 people in Baghdad.
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The meeting in Mosul, the capital of northern Nineveh province, was attended by military and political leaders, including US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and Iraq’s National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, the premier’s office said. “It is time to launch a decisive battle against terrorism," Maliki said, according to a statement. “The battle that our armed forces will launch will destroy terrorism and the criminal gangs and outlaws in Nineveh."
Maliki called on all Iraqis to support the security forces “so we can get rid of terrorism and the remnants of the former (Saddam Hussein) regime who use Nineveh because of its geographical location as a base for criminal actions against the people." On January 25, Maliki promised a “decisive battle” against Al-Qaeda after dozens of people including a police chief were killed in bomb attacks in Mosul, the last urban bastion of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In a statement earlier on Saturday, the prime minister said Iraqi security forces “will continue to ... crush the terrorists and target their strongholds."
His comments came as a US general accused Al-Qaeda of using the mentally impaired women as unwitting bombers in Friday’s attacks on two Baghdad pet markets because they were less likely to be searched. Major General Jeffery Hammond, commander of US forces in Baghdad, told a news conference that Al-Qaeda in Iraq was using “its twisted ideology to spread fear in the hearts of people." He spoke as Iraqi security officials said the toll from Friday’s twin bomb attacks had risen to 98 dead and 208 wounded, from 64 killed and 107 wounded reported on Friday.
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| By Disguisted, 02-03-08, 08:42 PM |
IgnorantI think the most disturbing part of this board is the way you people talk about down syndrome or “retarded” people. I have a nephew that has downs and it is truly awful how you all use such horrible words! I thought the US and “American’s” were better than that, I guess not!!!!! |
| By Anonymous, 02-05-08, 12:25 PM |
Ahahahah
Unregistered;65687: I think that the fact that these two unfortunate women were used clearly demonstrates that the bombers are having difficulty to find people to blame for the bombings.
You see most Iraqis and Afghanis realise that these suicide bombings are actually carried out by the Americans and simply blamed on innocent people. Many Iraqis have been used as drivers and translators and have ended up seeing there vehicle blown up. An example of this was an Afghani who was acting as a translator for some british businessmen was told to wait in the car while they attended a meeting. The Afghani left the car to smoke a cigarette only to see the car blow up. Later on the news it was announced as a suicide bombing.
These two ladies were undoubtedly unwilling stooges. Simply being given a lift perhaps and told to wait while the bombs were set of by remote control.
Most so called suicide bombings arer also carried out by remote control and blamed on people who are probably victims rather than villains. Dont forget the example of the two British soldiers who were dressed as arabs who were cought with a vehicle full of bombs and arrested only to be later sprung from jail by a challenger tank.
Dont forget the big demonstrations against the Americans by the Iraqis who demanded an end to theses so called suicide bombings which the Iraqis clearly believe are carried out by the CIA and MOSSAD
You truly are an idiot.
Clearly you are an agent of provocation working for the other side.
By the way Imams can tell the people in the middle east damn near anything and they will suck it up and ask for more.
Islam is a religion of brainwashing from birth to death. |
| By Anonymous, 02-06-08, 06:31 PM |
I do not belive itThey would not send mentally ill in with bombs. They treat the mentally ill better than the US does. There is no lack of suicide bombers so why send someone it. It is just more CIA propaganda. The CIA is getting desperate.
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| By Anonymous, 02-06-08, 07:05 PM |
More lies
Do you remember the “nurse†that said the Iraq’s Solders took babies out of incubators and put them on the floor to steal the incubators. It was a lie. They so called nurse was the daughter Kuwaiti ambassador in Washington, another CIA lie. Just look it up. This attack is the same. I am also upset that people call people with Down’s morons. I have worked with them ant they are not morons. Most of them are smarter than Bush!
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| By waltky, 02-15-08, 12:05 AM |
| Terrorists have no shame...
:mad:
Women patients recruited as Iraq bombers
Thu February 14, 2008 - Source says hospital staffers giving patients' files to al Qaeda in Iraq; U.S. military official: Psychiatric hospital chief questioned about helping militants; Sources say women in Baghdad’s February 1 bombings were mentally challenged
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Al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting female patients at Baghdad’s two psychiatric hospitals for suicide missions — with the help of hospital staff — according to the U.S. military. The U.S. military believes al Qaeda in Iraq has operatives within the hospitals' staffs who are passing on patients' files and contact information to the militant group, a senior U.S. military official said, requesting anonymity.
The apparent recruiting effort came to light this month when Iraqi officials said that two female bombers in deadly pet market attacks in Baghdad that left nearly 100 dead were mentally challenged. One of the female bombers had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression at Baghdad’s Ibn Rushd psychiatric hospital, where she received electric shock treatments, the hospital’s director said in an exclusive interview.
As part of the investigation into the February 1 attack, U.S. and Iraqi forces detained the acting director of Baghdad’s main psychiatric facility, Rashad Hospital, on Sunday. He faces questions about whether he provided patient files and contact information to al Qaeda in Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman, Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, said Wednesday. The U.S. military is looking into whether there is a direct link between the two hospitals, which are treating an overabundance of Iraqis suffering from psychiatric disorders brought on by the war.
More [url: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/14/iraq.main/index.html[/url]
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