Islamic State Is Employing Widows and Orphans as Suicide Bombers

Craig Bannister | November 18, 2015

Pres. Obama mocked Republicans for being “scared of widows and orphans” because they want to prevent terrorist attacks – but, the Islamic State (IS) is actually recruiting widows and orphans to be suicide bombers.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Obama chided Republicans:

"Apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America," Obama said of Republicans. "At first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates. Now they are scared of three year old orphans. That doesn’t seem so tough to me."

But, Iraq’s Al-Sabah al-Jadid daily newspaper reports that IS is urging women who have lost husbands and parents “to become suicide bombers.”

Then, there’s the infamous “White Widow,” who is training female suicide bombers, the “Black Widow” suicide bombers, this teen widow suicide bomber – and even a “starving orphan” suicide bomber campaign.