[Fred Nerks]

Although female suicide bombings have been fairly rare in Iraq, extremists have been using women more frequently in recent months. U.S. officials say this indicates the militants are running short of male volunteers.

Children, donkeys and puppies next?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Donkey, eh? So, was that directed at Mohammed? ;’D A few years ago al-Qaeda was using retarded victims as suicide bombers, and there were speculations at that time that al-Qaeda was running out of able-bodied raisin-seeking volunteers. The problem for al-Qaeda now is attrition of command and control (meaning, those who would be doing the recruiting aren’t living long enough to do much of that) as well as loss of facilities and the materials that make the bombs go boom. Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide...

[mrmargaritaville]

so does a female suicide bomber get 72 male virgins or 72 female virgins?