Female homicide bomber attack kills over 50 Shiites in Iraq.

This attack by a female homicide bomber proves once more that Iraqi
security forces are not up to the task of protecting the Iraqi people. The
attacks are increasing in frequency and explosive power. Women are
not new nor is it surprising that this bomber was a woman. This poster
is only mildly surprised that women are not used more often as homicide
bombers. The bomb was detonated in an area where maximum carnage
was assured, in a tent set up for pilgrims making their way to Karbala to
commemorate Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
As U.S. forces are drawn down and out of Iraq attacks and violence can
only be expected to increase as the country becomes more unstable.
Muslims are provong again that cannot even get along with each other.
Explain to me how Islam will ever be able to get along with the West now,
or in the future?

Latest updates now report over 50 have been murdered by this homicide
bomber.

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Steven Lee Myers
NYT

The Baghdad Operations Command, which oversees security in the capital region, later said that the bomber had detonated her explosives near a place where women were in fact being searched. Among those killed, the command said in a statement, were three women who had volunteered to conduct searches of other women.




Even as word spread of yet another attack, the command’s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta al-Moussawi, announced that “a large number” of 134 officers and soldiers who were under investigation in the wake of last week’s attacks would face court-martial for negligence and dereliction of duty.

He also told Iraqis and officials to be vigilant. In a statement, he said that insurgents had developed “new highly explosive formulas” to avoid detection.

Hundreds of thousands of Shiites from Iraq, Iran and beyond make their way to Karbala for the pilgrimage each year. Many do so on foot, a journey that can take days or even weeks.
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Hat Tip: Jihad Watch