Forcing someone to carry out suicide bombings is a disgusting act whether young, old, able or disabled.
One thing though, if this is the same incident.....news article dated 14th May....
Militants strapped explosives to a young girl and used her to blow up an army checkpoint in Iraq yesterday.
They detonated the device by remote control as the child, thought to be as young as eight, walked towards a group of soldiers.
Girl of 8 used as suicide bomber
Further down the article, much further down if anyone gets that far, it states......
The Americans called it a 'suicide' attack and put the number of injured at seven. Later, they gave the age of the girl as between 16 and 18.
I know they have used young kids in the past, but in this case whilst she appeared young, it was obviously later established she was verging on
adulthood, slightly different than 8 years old would'nt you say?
So why would the news say she was 8 if they eventualy found out she was between 16 and 18?
Like i said, disgusting either way, but it does make you wonder why they happily headlined the article for the biggest shock factor.
Sad as it may be, nowadays no-one bats an eyelid if the suicide bomber is an adult. An 8 year old though on the main headline........thats gotta get
you more support for the war has'nt it?
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