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Female Terrorists: Black Widows

Newspaper article

By: Anatoly Medetsky

Date: August 30, 2004

Source: "Crash Probe Turns to Bombs, 2 Women," as published in the Moscow Times.

About the Author: Anatoly Medetsky is a staff writer for the Moscow Times, where his work appears regularly.

INTRODUCTION

While the September, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on targets in the United States were among the most graphic and shocking to date, numerous other terrorist assaults have been planned and executed, with varying degrees of success. While the vast majority of the perpetrators are young men, a growing number of terrorist foot soldiers are women. In one particular...