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Baghdad market bombers 'mentally
impaired'
Damien McElroy
London
Telegraph
Saturday February 2, 2008
Two women with Down's Syndrome were used to deliver remote-controlled
bombs to the heart of Baghdad's thriving markets, killing at least
93 people and shattering the Iraqi capital's fragile peace.
Disturbing details of the "brutal and barbaric" attacks
emerged last night, with Iraqi officials claiming the women may
not have known they were on a suicide mission.
Instead, they may have unwittingly become part of al-Qa'eda's
campaign to kill off any semblance of normality in the Iraqi capital.
"Both women were mentally impaired," said Major General
Qasim Ata. "The explosives were detonated by remote control."
They brought to seven the number of female suicide bombers to
have struck in Iraq in the past three months.
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The US military said the attacks "bear the hallmarks"
of al-Qa'eda in Iraq and US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice,
said they proved al-Qa'eda was "the most brutal and bankrupt
of movements".
Investigators last night said they had found mobile phones used
to detonate the bombs - each weighing up to 33lbs and laden with
metal slugs which became missiles when the bombs were detonated.
They were hidden under the traditional garments worn by the women,
whose identity and nationalities were unknown.
In the first attack, a woman walked into the popular al-Ghazl
pet market in central Baghdad, which was thronging with locals
who have ventured back into the streets after a recent return
to relative calm in the capital.
A witness said the bomber called out, saying she had birds to
sell. A crowd gathered, then the bomb was detonated, killing scores
of people around her.
Just 20 minutes later, at al-Jadida, in the south-east of the
city, an almost identical attack took place.
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