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To: Ilaine who wrote (9653)11/10/2001 2:06:38 PM
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Perhaps I misunderstood. I thought you were making a point about the Taliban in general, in which case I don't see a great deal of caring about the female half of the population there.

As far as suicide bombers are concerned, what I took away from the NYT Magazine article a couple of weeks ago was that the the primary motivator was essentially selfish (ie.entrance to Heaven) rather than altruistic (better living standards for their families).
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