Veiled Threats: Meet the New Face of Terror by Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank

Published: August 11, 2007, 2:41 pm

VEILED THREATSMeet the New Face of TerrorBy Peter Bergen and Paul CruickshankSunday, August 12, 2007; Page B04The last thing that seven Iraqi policemen at a checkpoint in Ramadi in late July saw was a woman approaching them. Seconds later, she detonated her explosive vest, killing herself and everybody else at the site. Just two weeks earlier in Pakistan, some would-be female suicide bombers were less successful in martyring themselves. When government forces stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque, several women were among the die-hards hoping to make a stand. "We wanted to carry out suicide attacks . . . but we didn't have sufficient explosives," one woman later regretfully told the BBC.Surprised? Don't be. Female participation in jihadist groups and operations has grown alarmingly in recent years. And unless we come to terms with the phenomenon, female Islamist militants might be an important part of our future. In The Post's Outlook Section * THE ART OF THE CAMPAIGN THE FRAME GAME: The

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