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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
15-year-old female would-be suicide bomber tells her story
MEMRI
"15-Year-Old Iraqi Would-Be Suicide Bomber Tells Her Story on Iraq TV," from MEMRI, September 22 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Interviewer: "Ranya, how old are you?"
Ranya: "I'm 15 years old."
Interviewer: "How long have you been married?"
Ranya: "Nine months."
[...]
Interviewer: "How are you doing financially?"
Ranya: "Very well."
Interviewer: "Are your parents alive or dead?"
Ranya: "My mother is still alive."
Interviewer: "And your father?"
Ranya: "He was kidnapped."
Interviewer: "Who kidnapped him?"
Ranya: "We were told it was the militias in Abu Saida."
Interviewer: "After your father was kidnapped, who provided for the family? You said you have an older brother?"
Ranya: "Yes."
Interviewer: "What is your brother's role in the family?"
Ranya: "He used to provide for us, but then the police took him."
Interviewer: "Do you go to school?"
Ranya: "I dropped out in the fifth grade."
[...]
Interviewer: "Who strapped it on you?"
Ranya: "Umm Fatima."
Interviewer: "Who is this Umm Fatima?"
Ranya: "[My husband] Muhammad said: 'This is my cousin.'"
'After You Drank The Peach Juice And Ate The Bread, You Felt Dizzy?' 'Yes'
Interviewer: "His relatives? It was his cousins who strapped the belt around your waist?"
Ranya: "Yes."
Interviewer: "Did you know where you were going, and what you were going to do?"
Ranya: "No, I left the house with them."
Interviewer: "They were with you?"
Ranya: "Yes, one of them was."
Interviewer: "Where did they tell you to go?"
Ranya: "They didn't tell me. I was with her, then she stayed in the market to do the shopping, and I left."
Interviewer: "This strange thing that they strapped on your waist - you didn't know what it was?"
Ranya: "No, I didn't know."
Interviewer: "You didn't ask them why they were putting the belt on you?"
Ranya: "No, I didn't ask, but before she put it on me, she gave me a can of peach juice and some bread."
[...]
Interviewer: "After you drank the peach juice and ate the bread, you felt dizzy?"
Ranya: "Yes."
Interviewer: "When you were dizzy, could you still see clearly? Could you see people clearly?"
Ranya: "No, I saw double."
Interviewer: "Did your husband know you were putting on the belt?"
Ranya: "He was in the same house, but I don't know whether he knew."
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