« Saudi Arabia: Teacher Gets Jail And Flogging For "Mocking Islam" and Studying Witchcraft |
| India: Four Weeks After Riots, Mau's Mosque Set Ablaze »
November 13, 2005
Jordan: The Face of An Islamist Woman Who Failed To Murder
This is the face of the fourth suicide-bomber from the Jordanian triple-suicide-bomb attack upon three hotels in Amman which killed 57 people on November 9. Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi, an Iraqi, was to be the fourth bomber, but her device did not explode, states Bangkok Post. Al-Rishawi has confessed on Jordanian television that she went to the Radisson SAS hotel to detonate an explosive belt, like the one she is displaying, but it failed to go off.
Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher confirmed the claims that the suicide bombers were under the orders of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which is headed by a Jordanian, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Muasher stated that the 35-year old woman is "also a sister of Mubarak Atrous al-Rashawi, an aide to Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, and head of al-Qaeda's Al-Anbar area". Al-Anbar is in western Iraq.
The bombers were: Rawad Jassem Mohammad Abed, 23, Safaa Mohammad Ali, 23, and Ali Hussein Ali al-Shemmari,35. Sajedah Atrous al-Rashawi gave the details of the bombers in her confession.
Her husband, Ali, went with her to the Radisson SAS hotel where there was a wedding reception. "We entered the hotel, I took a corner and my husband took another corner. I tried to detonate my explosive belt at a wedding party that included women and children but it did not work, while my husband succeeded in detonating his belt. When I failed to detonate my belt I rushed out with the people fleeting the place," she stated.
Al-Rashawi had entered the country on November 5 with her husband, on forged passports, and they had rented a flat. According to Marwan Muasher, each bomber carried 4 to 5 kilos of explosives, packed with metal balls to cause the maximum devastation to victims.
Also killed in one of the hotel bombings was Moustapha Akkad, film director and producer. He produced the lucrative franchise the Halloween series. His daughter Rima Akkad Monia, 35, also died in the attack.
12 people are still being detained by the Jordanian authorities, whom Muasher states have "links with al-Zarqawi", but there is so far no substantiated link between these people and the blasts of November 9.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 13, 2005 10:42 PM
Comments
She looks like a man. What was her reward going to be for being a martyr? Do women get male virgins in paradise too?
Posted by: Loolapool at November 14, 2005 7:17 AM
I also find that she does not look like a normal 35-year old. She seems in her late 40s.
She would make a good model for an illustrator, should he or she ever need a good depiction of a witch. She's more scary than the witch in Snow White...
Posted by: Giraldus Cambrensis at November 15, 2005 11:35 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)