[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3651]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 229--CONDEMNING THE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN SUICIDE 
                                BOMBINGS

  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:

                              S. Res. 229

       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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