Samira Jassim

Samira Ahmed Jassim al-Azzawi or Samira Jassam (born 1958^[1]), also known as Um al-Mumenin, "the mother of the believers",^[2] is alleged to have worked with Sunni militants from the Ansar al-Sunnah group in Diyala province.^[3]

Jassim has been detained by Iraqi security forces since 21 January 2009.^[2] She is alleged to have admitted, in an apparent video confession, that she identified and recruited potential suicide bombers and helped them carry out missions.^[1][3] Additionally, Jassim confessed, in an interview with the Associated Press, how she and insurgents used rape as a "tool" to recruit women suicide bombers—"shamed" rape victims are alleged to have been persuaded to "redeem themselves through suicide attacks".^[3][4]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Iraq Arrests Woman Tied to Bombings", New York Times, 3 February 2009
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Iraqi woman had 80 women raped to recruit suicide bombers", Herald Sun, 4 February 2009
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Iraq's 'female bomber recruiter'", BBC News, 4 February 2009
4. ↑ "Woman set up rapes to 'recruit' 80 suicide bombers", Canberra Times, 5 February 2009