Al Qaeda is using children as suicide bombers in Iraq, with at least two attacks in the past week committed by 15-year-olds, a US military commander claimed. | Picked right up on that, didn't they? Once the military pointed it out to them... |
| [KABOOM!] "Surprise!" |
| Necessary details: Krowd. Kid. Kaboom. What else do you kneed? |
"Al Qaeda in Iraq is trying to brainwash children with hate and death... they seek to create a culture of violence, hate and despair," he said. "[They] are sending 15-year-old boys on suicide missions to spread death and helplessness." Rear Admiral Smith quoted Sheikh Ahmed Abu Reesha, leader of the "Anbar Awakening" that has ended much of Al Qaeda's hold over western Iraq, as saying that the jihadists were using suicide bombers as a last resort. "When we attack Al Qaeda they flee, hide and come back with new tactics. The only tactic that is left for them now is to commit suicide," he quoted the sheikh as saying.
Ninety per cent of "suicide murders inflicted on Iraqi people are committed by foreign fighters brought in by Al Qaeda in Iraq to spread destruction," he said.