Teen girl aborts Iraq suicide attack

By Cecilia Brabin | August 25, 2008

Aug 25 – A teenage girl wearing a vest packed with explosives gives herself up to police in the Iraqi city of Baquba.

The girl, who could be as young as 13, has been questioned by investigators trying to establish whether she put on the vest voluntarily or was forced into it.

Paul Chapman reports.

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  1. What did the girl not want?
  2. How was the video footage filmed?
  3. What was she supposed to do?
  4. Where?
  5. What did she tell the police?
  6. How did the police remove the vest?
  7. How old did she claim to be?
  8. Who approached her?
  9. Did she volunteer?
  10. What has become common in the last year?
  11. Why are such bombers favoured?
  12. According to the US military, what does the girl’s decision indicate?

 

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