The headline in the Belgian mag La Derniere Heure reads: "This is our Belgian Kamikazi killed in Iraq." From the BBC story:
Belgian woman bomber identified
The bomber allegedly targeted US soldiers in Iraq Stunned Belgians are starting to get a clearer picture of the Belgian woman identified as a suicide bomber killed in Iraq last month. La Derniere Heure newspaper published a photo of the woman it said was the bomber, and interviewed her mother.
The paper says she is Muriel Degauque, 38, from Charleroi, who converted to Islam after marrying a radical Muslim.
Federal prosecutors would not confirm the woman's identity, only that she was a Belgian of European origin.
Just try to profile that, would you...
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