Today 2 mentally disabled women were strapped with explosive and sent into markets in Baghdad and blown up - remotely. They were used to kill at least 98 people. You can read the story here http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.main/.
I am so mad I could scream. As the mother of a special needs child, I am outraged by this story. To discard these women in such a way is horrific.
I don't understand suicide bombing. There I said it. I get that in some cultures this may be a position of higher calling -- a role of honor that is rewarded by the community. But to send women in who can not make the choice themselves removes any honor from the act does it not?
Liam would go with anyone who asked him. We have to be constantly vigilant about drawing boundaries and making sure he doesn't just walk off with someone -- anyone.
What defense did these women have? What discernment could they bring to their actions.
To choose to use your life is one thing -- I won't debate that here. To use another's life -- without their knowledge or even understanding -- is quite another.
All people matter. Using one body to kill so many others has to be one of the gravest sins possible.
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