Iraqi Woman Had 80 Women Raped To Recruit Suicide Bombers

Summary

February 4, 2009: A woman in Iraq has been arrested who has admitted to "mentally prepare" other women to become suicide bombers by arranging to have them raped - so that subsequently she could suggest to them that only way to erase their shame would be to become "martyrs". Allegedly, more than 80 women have been raped under this scheme, and more than 36 of the victims then attempted to become suicide bombers.

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Game and Story Use

• Similar schemes work well in many places and times in order to recruit fanatical followers: First arrange some event which casts out the victim out of polite society through no fault of their own, and then provide them with what appears to be the only way out of this mess to regain some measure of dignity.