Iraqi bombers claim they were deceived (Put your boots on)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHARA

Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Wisam Younis' sole ambition in life, he said Friday, is to kill Americans. So he claimed surprise when he discovered his car bomb had killed eight Iraqis and wounded more than 80 outside a Baghdad restaurant.

Younis and brothers Badr and Yassin Shakir are charged with murder and face the death penalty in the May 23 attack.

"We did not know that the attack would target innocent people and we were deceived," said Younis, barefooted and with bruised and swollen hands. He said they were taken in by enthusiastic ideas and money, adding that an insurgent leader promised $1,500 for the bombing.

"Our doctrine is to wage jihad against the Americans," Younis, wearing a stained beige traditional robe, told an Associated Press reporter as police stood over him. "Driving out the occupiers is the demand of all Iraqis... I wish to die in the battlefield instead of prison."

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[Alpharetta]

1. was that part of their top-rated nationalized TV show?

my understanding is Iraq has a nightly TV show where captured insurgents confess to atrocities.

[teryang]

2. It is the motivation of those that pay insurgent leaders

...that counts. The bombers themselves are just pawns with irrational personal motivations.