Iraq Boosts Suicide Bomber Payment

[This is pretty weird and certainly would classify
the government of Iraq and the 'charities' in Saudia
Arabia and Qatar as terrorist organizations since
they are paying big cash for the bombings. That
they are encouraging suicide which is prohibited by the
Koran shows that they not only htave no respect
whatsoever for Islam, but must deeply hate the
Palestinians to want to pay them to kill themselves.
Of course we know from the history of the region that
the Arabs deeply hate and oppress the Palestitians,
while sadistically manipulating them for the political
power goals of the psychotic Arabian despots.]

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Iraq Boosts Suicide Bomber Payment

Wed Apr 3, 2:02 PM ET

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writer

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020
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Saddam Hussein has increased money for the relatives of
suicide bombers from $10,000 to $25,000, drawing sharp
criticism from Washington. But Palestinians say the
bombers are driven by a priceless thirst for revenge,
religious zeal and dreams of glory ‹ not greed.

ince Iraq upped its payments last month, 12 suicide
bombers have successfully struck inside Israel,
including one man who killed 25 Israelis, many of them
elderly, as they sat down to a meal at a hotel to
celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover. The families
of three suicide bombers said they have recently
received payments of $25,000.
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The devout Muslims among the bombers, a majority,
believe they will go to heaven as martyrs and spend
eternity in the company of 72 virgins. In grainy
farewell home videos, they often read passages from the
Muslim holy book, the Quran, and praise God. Secular
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attackers know that after the deed, their families will
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win the adulation of friends, neighbors and strangers.
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[Secular attackers? So not all the kamikazeers are
doing it for religious reasons?]

The other motive seems to be a strong yearning for
revenge. Relatives of many of the bombers recall how
many of the young men's formative years were spent in
Israeli jails. The mother of one bomber said her son
once watched Israeli soldiers beating his father.

Mahmoud Safi, leader of a pro-Iraqi Palestinian group,
the Arab Liberation Front, acknowledged that the
support payments for relatives make it easier for some
potential bombers to make up their minds. "Some people
stop me on the street, saying if you increase the
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payment to $50,000 I'll do it immediately," Safi said.
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He also suggested such remarks were made mostly in
jest.

Saddam has said the Palestinians need weapons and money
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instead of peace proposals and has provided payments
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throughout a year and a half of Israeli-Palestinian
battles. "I saw on Iraqi TV President Saddam saying he
will continue supporting the (uprising) even if it
means selling his own clothes," said Safi.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Saddam's
payments inspire a "culture of political murder." "Here
is an individual who is the head of a country, Iraq,
who has proudly, publicly made a decision to go out and
actively promote and finance human sacrifice for
families that will have their youngsters kill innocent
men, women and children," Rumsfeld said Wednesday.

But Saddam is not the only one giving money. Charities
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from Saudi Arabia and Qatar ‹ both U.S. allies ‹ pay
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money to families of Palestinians killed in the
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fighting, including suicide bombers.
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The mother of Jamal Nasser, a 23-year-old architecture
student who died trying to ram an explosives-laden car
into a bus carrying Jewish settlers, said she received
a check for $10,000 from Iraq and another for $5,000
from Saudi Arabia. She said she plans to put the money
toward buying an apartment. She wants to move her
family from the small place they've been renting for
more than 20 years. The money she received is about
half the cost of a small apartment in Nablus.

Fifty-five Palestinians have blown themselves up in
attacks on Israeli civilians in the past 18 months of
fighting.

Under the new Iraqi payscale, decided on March 12
during an Arab conference in Baghdad, the families of
gunmen and others who die fighting the Israelis will
still receive $10,000, while the relatives of suicide
bombers will get $25,000.

Safi and two others from the Arab Liberation Front
visit families in the northern West Bank and make the
payments. "We go to every family and give them a
check," he said. "We tell them that this is a gift from
President Saddam and Iraq."