The Will To Win

Two women described as mentally disabled were strapped with remote-control explosives brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at least 91 people. Yes, exploding retards. I guess they're willing to do whatever it takes to beat us.

Iraq's chief military spokesman in Baghdad said the women had Down syndrome and may not have known they were on suicide missions, but gave no further details on how authorities pieced together the evidence. He also said the bombs were detonated by remote control. Police said one woman wearing a bomb sold cream in the mornings at the market and was known to locals as "the crazy lady."

The coordinated blasts, coming 20 minutes apart in different parts of the city, appeared to reinforce U.S. claims al-Qaida in Iraq may be increasingly desperate and running short of able-bodied men willing or available for such missions. It also served as a reminder that Iraqi insurgents are constantly shifting their strategies in attempts to unravel recent security gains around the country. Women are being used in ever greater frequency in suicide attacks because they often encounter less scrutiny by security officials – they often wear abayas, the black Islamic robe, and avoid thorough searches at checkpoints because men are not allowed to touch them and there are too few female police.

The clear use of the handicapped opens up a new chapter in savage brilliance, but is not unprecedented. In January 2005, insurgents used a disabled child in a suicide attack on election day. Police at the scene of the bombing said the child appeared to have Down syndrome. Seeing as how it was such a success, I can’t understand why the huge lapse in re-use. Perhaps it due to the fact that there are just not as many waterheads there – even though they don’t do abortions because of Muslim law, I still think they treat handicapped kids like so many stray cats…they put ‘em in a canvas bag and take them down to the river.

The pet bazaar has been bombed repeatedly, but with violence declining in the capital, the market had regained popularity as a shopping district and place to stroll on Fridays, the Muslim day of prayer. A pigeon vendor said the market had been unusually crowded, with people taking advantage of a pleasantly crisp and clear winter day after a particularly harsh January.

Who dares wins, retards.