ISIS Unleashes Dozens of Female Suicide Bombers in Battle For Mosul

July 5, 2017

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has deployed dozens of female suicide bombers as it fights to hold onto Mosul, in what could be one the largest cases of women carrying out suicide operations in battle.

Thirty-eight women have detonated suicide explosives to target civilians and enemy forces in the northern Iraqi city in the past month, and at least 20 of those have done so since Sunday, an Iraqi security official told The Times of London.

The toll comes after two female suicide bombers killed at least one Iraqi solider and wounded five more on Monday. On Sunday, a bomber dressed in women's conservative Islamic clothing blew herself up after hiding among civilians fleeing Mosul.

The group remains trapped on all sides and is making its last stand to hold onto the city that propelled it to the height of the global jihad.

The Times of London dubbed the women "jihadist brides" who had typically stayed at home in Iraq, but experts say women are becoming more active in radical Islamist circles, wishing to also take part in jihad on a par with men.

The phenomenon is not limited to Iraq; European officials have said they have underestimated the threat of female militants in Europe and the role they wish to play when they return to their home countries from conflict zones.
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