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com In an interview yesterday with an Arab television network, a chief Hamas spokesman said there are more bombers willing to kill themselves than available suicide missions and stressed the importance of females and children joining the jihad to reach "high security areas which male Palestinian mujahedeen cannot easily reach." In the interview, a translation of which was obtained by WND, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Al-Majd TV, a United Arab Emirates religious channel, "There is a widespread misconception, propagated by the Zionist enemy, that there are recruiters among the Palestinian fighters who look for martyrdom bombers. The opposite is true - the martyrdom bombers are the ones looking for the resistance factions in order to commit martyrdom operations." He continued, "We are talking about hundreds of martyrdom bombers waiting in line to commit martyrdom operations. The factions' inability to supply enough operations for all of them is the only obstacle preventing them all from committing martyrdom operations." Zuhri was joined by Faraj Shalhoub, an expert on Palestinian affairs, who explained that Palestinians aren't blowing themselves up out of frustration with the occupation or because of poor living conditions; rather the willingness to become a "martyr" originates from a deep religious conviction instilled in the Palestinians by their spiritual leaders. "The level of faith among a wide sector of the young believers instills in them the concept of jihad. They are committed even before they reach the fighting stage. They are committed to their cause and draw their belief in it from the mosque," said Shalhoub. Shalhoub stressed the importance of physical and mental health, and said those wishing to become suicide bombers should expect a vigorous and competitive training and selection process. He said, "The first to be selected are the most believing, whose conviction is the deepest, because they have the greatest chance of persevering to the very last minute." Palestinian suicide bombers go through several training stages, Shalhoub explained. Physical training is important because "a martyrdom operation, whether the storming of a settlement or an explosion, requires physical strength so the mujaheed can reach the final stages of the operation." Mental preparation includes intense studying of the Quran with the spiritual department of the particular Palestinian terrorist faction running the recruitment. Shalhoub says the suicide bomber "spends some time in religious ritual and intensive spiritual preparation until he reaches a certain level of conviction that pushes him to commit martyrdom, regardless of the fact that his mental readiness was high to begin with." Zuhri, though, recognized that Israel has been successful in countering Palestinian suicide bombings. The security fence is credited with blocking terrorists from entering, and targeted assassinations have been keeping Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders on the run and unable to plan attacks. Palestinians have been unable to carry out a single suicide mission inside Israel for almost half a year. Zuhri stressed the importance of females and children in becoming suicide bombers to more easily pass through the security fence and fool Israeli troops. "The Palestinian resistance, at times, purposely uses women in some operations that men cannot carry out, especially in high security areas, which male Palestinian mujahedeen cannot easily reach. This is why the Palestinian woman has an important role in the Palestinian resistance, and at times she may even have roles that the young male Palestinian mujaheed cannot fulfill," said Zuhri. "There are hundreds of female martyrdom bombers who stream en masse and insist on participating in martyrdom operations," Zuhri explained. "This is a unique phenomenon, reflecting the live spirit of jihad among the Palestinian people."
Aaron Klein is WorldNetDaily's special Middle East correspondent, whose past interview subjects have included Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, Shlomo Ben Ami and leaders of the Taliban.
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