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Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq's Baquba; 8 wounded when attacker struck neighborhood patrol volunteer checkpoint

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BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest struck a checkpoint of neighborhood patrol volunteers in Baquba, capital of Iraq's restive Diyala province, killing 10 people and wounding eight, police said.

This is an interesting development.

Females are generally not prone to this type of action and this can change many checkpoint dynamics.

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Female bombers are rare but they have happened.

I always wonder, what happens within someone who sees this type of action as an (only) option? What makes someone turn?

I also believe the bigger question is how do we, as a community, stop change this (ultimate) ape of political action?

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