Sunday, October 02, 2005

Hamas women's wing takes up weapons 'for the love of jihad'

Jihad gets diversity:
They wear the long skirts and head coverings of modest Muslim women, but their draped robes are camouflage khaki and their scarves the distinctive lime green colour of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas.

Their shoulders bear the weight not of bags or babies carried by their more traditional peers, but rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.