Who Are the Bombers?
In spite of the stereotypes, there is no typical suicide bomber. A look at those who believed they would find paradise by sending others to their deaths. By Rod Nordland and Babak Dehghanpisheh Aug. 5, 2007 – Sajida Arishawy is in a Jordanian jail now, singing English pop tunes to herself as she waits in solitary confinement to see if her death sentence is carried out. Her lawyer calls her “the bride of Al Qaeda,” the woman who married another terrorist so they could travel together legally under Islamic law. Their honeymoon plans: blow up a Jordanian wedding party… Those plans succeeded with devastating effect. Arishawy and her husband, both Iraqis, were among four bombers who came to Jordan to blow up three hotels in Amman in the Nov. 2005 attack that would take 57 lives… Suicide bombers don’t fall into easy categories. Like most stereotypes, the one that they are usually impoverished, disaffected young men with few prospects is often, but not always, true. “If you’re living in hell,
