The aftermath of a suicide bomber in Iraq.
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Most people have some preconceived notion of a suicide bomber... As a religious extremist, or a young man, or maybe a very poor person. While we may never know why someone would decide to blow himself up in a suicide attack, we are starting to see more details about who becomes a suicide bomber. Karen DeYoung wrote about some of the new facts released on insurgents in Iraq for The Washington Post. We'll talk with her about those profiles. And with Professor Robert Pape, who literally wrote the book (or at least a book) on suicide bombers. We'll also look specifically at attacks by women. At least four women have blown themselves up in Iraq since November. Mia Bloom studies female bombers and will explain what at the very least appears to be a growing number of attacks by women.
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