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Tue Apr 30, 2013, 04:16 PM Apr 2013

The "black widows" of Dagestan

The Russian terror defense lawyer interviewed asserts that female suicide bombers "are not a criminal problem, it's a social problem." He explains that "when a woman's husband is dead, she has no rights: she can't make decisions, or have a lover or boyfriend." That is why "if a woman is religious, she becomes an easy target for suicide recruiters."

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