Earlier today I blogged about the tough times that have fallen upon suicide bombers in Iraq. I linked to a story about a poor fellow who tried to get inside the gate to the 1920's Revolutionary Brigade building, but couldn't get through the gate. As a result he was forced to blow himself up outside the gate.
Somehow I missed this from earlier this week. 72-year old Mudhehr Baresh was manning a security checkpoint in Arab Jabour. A man approached the checkpoint. Using the training from US forces, Baresh asked the man to lift up his shirt when he did not recognize him as a local villager. The man refused. Baresh repeated his request. The man lifted his shirt, exposing a suicide vest, and then started charging the checkpoint. 72-year old Baresh opened fire, causing the vest to explode, killing the subject.
By the way, the title in this post is based on the famous McClatchy story about the plight of underemployed cemetery workers in Iraq, feeling the pinch due to lower death rates in Iraq.
