A middle-aged woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has been arrested in Iraq, a senior officer said today.

Samira Ahmed Jassim, 51, confessed to sending 28 of the women to carry out attacks, Major-General Qassim al-Moussawi, a Baghdad security spokesman, said. She was captured at an undisclosed location a fortnight ago.

He played a video of her apparent confession at a news conference.

Jassim, dressed in traditional black Islamic robes, is shown appearing to confess to recruiting and training women to become human bombs.


She also described how she would escort the women to an orchard for insurgent training. Finally she spoke of how she would lead them to their targets.

In a prison interview with the Associated Press — with interrogators nearby — she said that she helped to organise the rapes of young women and then stepped in to persuade the victims to become suicide bombers as their only escape from the shame.

The AP was allowed access to the prisoner on condition that the information would not be released until her arrest was formally announced.

Major-General al-Moussawi said that Jassim was a member of Ansar al-Sunna, a Sunni Arab militant group.

"Our intelligence information and tips from residents showed she directly supervised training of more than 80 female terrorists in Baghdad and Diyala," he told reporters. Diyala, a volatile province northeast of the capital, has suffered a spate of female suicide attacks over the past year.

Jassim, nicknamed Um al-Mumenin (the mother of the believers), is heard in the video apparently confessing to training a female bomber who attacked a police station in Diyala.

"I was introduced to her, I began talking to her," she said. She had to talk to one elderly woman several times before persuading her to blow herself up at a bus station, she added.

She spent a fortnight recruiting another woman, a teacher, and had problems with the woman's husband and his family, according to the confession. This woman also went on to blow herself up.

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

Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups are accused of deploying female suicide bombers because they are hard to detect at checkpoints, which are typically manned by male guards who only frisk men.

It is also easy to conceal explosives under the black robes worn by many women. At least 36 female suicide bombers attempted or carried out 32 attacks last year, compared with eight in 2007, according to US military data.

Kill ! Kill!! Kill !!! is thier slogan. Don't be suprise my dear. Seven Hot guys are probably waiting for her l guess . She is hot

I will only respond to the "dearie" of georgecso, "**Osisi", because she has more information, than the "just agreeing" georgecso!

Babe, question for you; a woman who is nicknamed "mother of believers," should be the one sending believers to a certain death mission, of suicide? One; Suicide and unjust killing is forbidden in Islam.

There is no "mother of the believers" outside the "wives" of the prophet (AS). I am just at least giving you the credit that your "News story is true." I will come to the possible fallacies of it, soon enough. For a woman to orchestrate the rapes and cajole women to kill themselves are abnormal behavior. Every point you gloat about in your post, from the Sun "a sensational News Print, similar to the EnQUIRER" seem to me, at least things that calls for the help of "Shrinks." Yet I am not a Dr. You are. Is there anything wrong with the story, if the accused players are normal, or could you, from your knowledge of ordinary people, behaving ordinarily, would behave in this way?


Now, I have my doubts in the story, if the accused characters are what I will call "normal and or ordinary" Muslims. I happen to be normal and ordinary, the very reason I know that they are not, if the story is true.

I will leave the Shia versus Sunni issues alone. But please keep that possibility in your mind as we go along in the story.

Islam says that a Muslima is a sister to another Muslima or Muslim. The Muslima rights of honor, blood and property are all preserved. These are things that must not be violated. Further every Muslim, male or female has a right over another muslim, or muslima, for just sincerely belonging in the same faith. If they are neighbors, that is an added right over each other. If they are member of the same family, that is also another added right.

If we consider all of these, I wonder how a true muslim woman, will get a muslima or any woman, regardless of her religiousity, to be raped by "man or men", muslim or not? And then persuade her to "kill" herself, based on this very same "evil" which she herself was the mastermind or at least played a role.

Can this woman, who was a major figure in every evil plot be called a "Mother of the believers" of any kind? What believers are we talking about here? On a funny note: if she is a mother of believers, it is even looser that if I call you, a married woman, who had spoken gleely about "Aboona, Dumbbell, grabbing here and there", mother of "kids" as an "INNOCENT VIRGIN!"

One of my associate is a Psychiatrist. When we talk about people who we find their actions untrustworthy, she will put the psycho spin on it. Now, my dear, tell me if these persons are normal as muslims, or is it me and over a billion others who are the abnormal muslims here? Do we credit Christianity/all Christians of the evil deeds of any "Christian", since this is what I see you do with Islam, in your posts?

I wonder what we should do when we see an extreme and abnormal behavior from a person that would definitely identify him/herself as a Christian? Should we then say, without any reservation that all Christians and Christianity as a religion are guilty? How about a person who kills, cut the body into small pieces, store it and even eat part of it? This is a Christianity compartable act? What about the many evils of mass murders, while using the Bible as the instrument of coarsion?

I miss you, anyway. I hope you and your family are fine, Innocent Virgin? lol. Stop the insincerity. Islam will still grow though, inspite of your effort, in the contrary.

How does the post have to do with muslima or muslim or mother of all nations,

Dem say person dey bomb people, na so you begin turn am to beef

She is a bad person in general. Who gives a flying rat's behind about her religion. This shouldn't be in the religion section but in the CRIME section!

Why don't you look at people and not their religion. OK if you want to mention religion please remember next time you wish share info about a Christian or other non- Muslim who has committed a crime make sure to mention that person's religion and make a huge deal out of it. Thanks

**Peace Love & Butterflies

damola1:


How does the post have to do with muslima or muslim or mother of all nations,

Dem say person dey bomb people, na so you begin turn am to beef

Classic Words on Marble!!!

georgecso:

Kill ! Kill!! Kill !!! is thier slogan. Don't be suprise my dear. Seven Hot guys are probably waiting for her l guess . She is hot

This is sad. A woman is helping to organize the rape of other women- just to screw them up mentally in order to lure them into blowing themselves up.

This woman is on the same level as the [Nigerian] female Madams who lure young girls to Italy, and force them to sell themselves until they pay €50,000.

na waoh. We no even fit trust female ones among these Olabowale's prayer group.

In as much as murdering people might not be what Islam teaches, its funny how a bulk of these terrorists and suicide bombers are Muslims. Is there something in the Islamic doctrine that suggests its ok to kill innocent souls for the sake of growing your religion?

It is a warfare for those who believe in war,just like the japanese kamikazes.People die for what they believe in but unfortunately,there is nothing,it is mostly driven by stack ignorance.

Of course if you can't live your way,you die,but you got to have every reason to live.The world is full of turmoil,i can Obama making a difference,look at what he is doing with corporate america right now,hitting back on those fat head monsters and putting them in place,i hope he last.