Reply #84: Al Jazeera English: Iraq arrests 'bomber recruiter'

[Turborama]

Iraqi security forces have arrested a 50-year-old woman accused of recruiting dozens of female suicide bombers.

In a video released by the security forces on Tuesday, Samira Ahmed Jassim described how she persuaded other women to become bombers, then escorted them to her contacts for training and finally led them to their targets.

Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi security spokesman, said she was a member of the Ansar al-Sunnah group, which has suspected ties to al-Qaeda.

Jassim was nabbed at an undisclosed location two weeks ago.

"She confessed to training more than 28 female suicide bombers, all of whom conducted terrorist operations in different parts of Iraq," al-Moussawi said.

He said she had recruited more than 80 women from Baghdad and the northern province of Diyala for carrying out suicide attacks.

Full story: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/200923195547936438.html

-- ---- --

Al Jazeera free live 24/7 streaming: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

And a better quality stream that is also free, here: http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

(The Queen of Jordan is on Riz Khan right now)