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What kind of twisted, sick mind would want to marry in order to have babies to raise as suicide bombers? But that is exactly what happened in Gaza City on January 7th, 2009. Aida al-Qaddumi (22) married Fadel al-Ghul (who happens to be the brother...
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(Published in THE SUNDAY INDIAN , (JAN.14-JAN.20,08)
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