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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Deep reporting from Richard Engel with an ethical question

Richard Engel has a very interesting post on the NBC blog about a 30 year old "polite and soft-spoken" Sunni woman who has made the decision to become a suicide bomber. Her motive is not political or religious, but instead, revenge.
Maha is a Sunni. Until a year ago, she was living with her husband and extended family in Baghdad. Her life quickly collapsed. Her husband moved to Syria, like many here to look for work and safety. Then a Shiite militia group -- she says the Mahdi Army -- killed her two brothers and burned her home. Maha became a refugee and moved in with other relatives in another Baghdad neighborhood. That’s when she was recruited.

"A neighbor saw that I was depressed and I told him I was so angry I could blow myself up," she said.

"There are groups that can help you do that," the neighbor said.

And he introduced them to her.


Now, the ethical question: Does a reporter have a responsibility to turn this woman in?

Just curious for thoughts.

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