[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 229 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 229

        Condemning the involvement of women in suicide bombings.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2002

  Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, 
Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mrs. Carnahan, Mrs. Clinton, and Ms. Stabenow) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
        Condemning the involvement of women in suicide bombings.

Whereas on October 24, 2001, the Senate approved amendment No. 1941 to H.R. 2506 
        of the One Hundred Seventh Congress expressing the sense of the Senate 
        that suicide bombings are a horrific form of terrorism that must be 
        universally condemned as terrorist acts;
Whereas it has been reported that an influential High Islamic Council has issued 
        an edict that women should join men as suicide bombers;
Whereas the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a radical offshoot of the Fatah movement, 
        has announced that it has created a special unit for women suicide 
        bombers;
Whereas incidents, including a February 27, 2002, suicide bombing that injured 3 
        people and a January 27, 2002, suicide bombing that killed 1 person and 
        injured an estimated 150 more, show an alarming trend in the use of 
        women to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel;
Whereas troubling statements have been made suggesting that the involvement of 
        women in carrying out suicide bombings will result in women achieving 
        equal rights with men;
Whereas women throughout the world bravely serve in militaries that act in 
        accordance with international law and custom; and
Whereas the involvement of women in carrying out suicide bombings is contrary to 
        the important role women must play in conflict prevention and 
        resolution: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) reaffirms the condemnation of all suicide bombings as 
        terrorist acts, made by the Senate in Senate amendment No. 1941 
        to H.R. 2506 of the One Hundred Seventh Congress on October 24, 
        2001;
            (2) deplores those acts as contrary to the values and 
        ideals of people everywhere; and
            (3) calls on women of the world not to emulate a self-
        destructive, brutal, and murderous crime.
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