U.S. Army soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division scan for suspicious activity during a patrol of the Diyala River Valley in Iraq on Dec. 27, 2008. DoD photo by Petty Officer Walter J. Pels, U.S. Navy. (Released)From Voice Of America:
A U.S. commander in heavily Shi'ite south-central Iraq says he is watching for female suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida as he helps Iraqi forces provide security for the Shi'ite festival of Ashura, which begins Tuesday evening. The commander spoke after a female bomber killed 40 people outside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Sunday.
Speaking from Iraq, Colonel Butch Kievenaar said he has received information indicating that al-Qaida might try to send women into his area as suicide bombers in an effort to disrupt the festival.
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