Thauriya Hamamreh changed her mind about carrying out a suicide bombing when orders to disguise herself in provocative clothes for the attack in Jerusalem made her do some soul-searching. The petite, headscarfed 25-year-old Palestinian woman told her story to Israeli journalists from a prison cell where she has been kept since Israeli forces arrested her on May 20. Hamamreh, a devout Muslim, said her handlers in the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades wanted her to disguise herself as a modern Israeli woman so she would not raise suspicion. "They wanted me to have my hair loose, wear sun glasses and makeup and tight clothes. I said no because it's against my religion," the Maariv newspaper quoted her on Thursday as telling reporters.
"Huh huh. And, like, could you be topless when you blow? I mean that rilly turns me on..." |