Thursday, June 28, 2007

"Moms And Martyrs"

"More and more Palestinian women are signing up to become suicide bombers.

"But are they really choosing to die?"

By TIM MCGIRK, Jerusalem. Time, May 14, 2007.

"IN LATE MARCH, A MACABRE MUSIC video appeared on a a television show for Palestinian children.

"Duha, 4, as pale as a porcelain doll, is sitting on a bed, watching her mom dress before leaving home.

Mommy, what are you carrying in your arms instead of me?

"[T]he girl sings.

"The next day, Duha gets the answer on the evening news.

"It turns out her mother was carrying explosives and had blown herself up, killing four Israelis.

"The final scene shows the girl wistfully rummaging through her dead mother's bedside table.

"She finds a hidden stick of dynamite and picks it up.

"The implicit message is that someday Duha will follow her mother into blazing martyrdom."

Whopee!

Right?

Seriously folks, it's a sad and fascinating read...

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