BAGHDAD, Dec. 6 : Fifteen-year-old Rania al Ambaki, a resident of Baquba, an al-Qaeda hotspot north of Baghdad, was made into a human bomb at an Iraq security checkpoint recently.
According to a CBS report, Ambaki was promptly immobilized, and officers jammed cell phone signals that could detonate the explosives. Thereafter, her suicide vest was removed.
Baquba is known to be a recruiting ground for women suicide bombers. Last year, there were eight women bombers. So far this year, there have been 35.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- A U. S. grand jury has indicted five employees of Blackwater Worldwide for their part in a deadly shootout in Baghdad, The New York Times reported Friday.
The indictments were sealed after being handed up Thursday but could be announced Monday, sources told the newspaper. A sixth employee was reportedly negotiating a plea agreement.
Under the current agreement with Iraq, U. S. contractors cannot be prosecuted in Iraq. The Blackwater employees were charged under a law aimed at drug dealers involving the use of weapons in violent crimes, the newspaper said.
Washington/Baghdad - The United States hailed Iraq's approval of a security pact Thursday as a significant milestone that solidifies US support for Iraq's reconstruction and sets a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in the coming years.
"Today is a remarkable achievement for both of our countries," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters in Washington.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 6 : Fifteen-year-old Rania al Ambaki, a resident of Baquba, an al-Qaeda hotspot north of Baghdad, was made into a human bomb at an Iraq security checkpoint recently.
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Washington/Baghdad - The United States hailed Iraq's approval of a security pact Thursday as a significant milestone that solidifies US support for Iraq's reconstruction and sets a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in the coming years.
