Incorrect.
#1) The bombing stopped because Israel put severe restrictions on travel into the Israeli territories. And had zero to do with money Saddam previously had sent to the families of the martyrs.
#2) Most family members had no idea that their son/daughters was going to become a martyr. This was to protect the secrecy of the operation. The parents would find out about the event on the news like everyone else..
#3) The overwhelming majority of parents if they knew would have tried to stop their on/daughter from sacrificing themselves.
#4) Israel had a policy of using a bulldozer and destroying the home of the bombers parents. One day the parents would find out that there son/daughter had become a martyr. And the next day the IDF bulldozers would show up and flatten their home. Basically. making the elderly parents homeless without any clothes or material possessions.
#5) The money Saddam sent was to help the newly impoverished and homeless parents have some money to afford a place to stay and restart their lives.
1. Wrong. The Palestinian families made it clear - no more money - no more of our kids sent on suicide missions.
2. Wrong. It is was well known throughout the Muslim Palestinian communities / world ( there are Palestinians in America too ) that Saddam was paying $25,000.00 a head for suicide bombers although the parents claimed they were getting paid $ 15,000.00 a head for their kids. It was announced at their Palestinian Chamber of Commerce meetings - see the link below for the report. They were pushing the kids out the door to do it for allah as long as that money was coming in, Sunni, it was a huge honor to be known as the parent of a suicide bomber back in the day - of course that big paycheck didn't hurt either.
3. I do not recall a single story of any parent ever attempting to stop their son or daughter from a suicide bomber. Rare as the albino deer if it ever happened at all.. doubtful.
4. Israel has a policy of warning people to get out of the way of bulldozers. Houses used by terrorists should be bulldozed. Never heard of a suicide bomber giving a warning so thank you for making my point on what civilized behavior looks like vs. uncivilized.. the Israelis also drop leaflets before bombing these houses that are used as rocket launching sites for raining rockets into Israel - targeting daycares, schools, elderly homes, etc.
5. The money was sent to pay 25,000.00 dollars a head for family member sent on a suicide mission. The original going rate was $10,000.00 a head. Read the link provided and stop listening to the propaganda websites. They are not helping you, Sunni. What you need is facts. I am trying to deliver them to you. Be still and I'll help you out here. ( note * I still believe the parents who claim they only got $15,000.00 per head for their kids after the raise in reward money - why would they lie? )
FPM Article
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THIS PAST MARCH 25 in the packed Palestine Chamber of Commerce hall, those in attendance emitted a collective, audible gasp in response to this very special announcement: Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will henceforth pay $25,000 apiece to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. This represents a significant increase over the traditional "going rate" of $10,000 designed to help entice the rest of Yasser ArafatÂ’s legendary "million martyrs" to volunteer for their own glorious suicidemurders. After the announcement was made, the men at the head table proceeded to call out the names of fortyseven recent "martyrs," whose surviving relatives then proudly stepped forward to sign for their checks. With these payments, SaddamÂ’s cumulative intifadaera contributions to the families of Palestinian terrorists eclipsed the $10 million mark.
THIS PAST MARCH 25 in the packed Palestine Chamber of Commerce hall, those in attendance emitted a collective, audible gasp in response to this very special announcement: Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will henceforth pay $25,000 apiece to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. This represents a significant increase over the traditional "going rate" of $10,000 designed to help entice the rest of Yasser ArafatÂ’s legendary "million martyrs" to volunteer for their own glorious suicidemurders. After the announcement was made, the men at the head table proceeded to call out the names of fortyseven recent "martyrs," whose surviving relatives then proudly stepped forward to sign for their checks. With these payments, SaddamÂ’s cumulative intifadaera contributions to the families of Palestinian terrorists eclipsed the $10 million mark.
Who in Palestine didn't know about Arafat's legendary "million martyrs" campaign, Sunni? You think every mother, father, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, didn't know about this or that the going rate was $10,000.00 for any family that would step up to the plate and produce a suicide bomber for them? A sacrifice for allah? Seriously? Read the clip here. When Forty seven names of dead Palestinian family members - KIDS - (called martyrs - how wicked ) those surviving parents / relatives stepped up PROUDLY ( proudly being the operative word here ) to sign their checks and collect their money. Families of Palestinians eclipsed the $ 10 million dollar mark at that point. Amazing but true. Who knew, right? Well, apparently they did. Now you do too, Sunni.