The sad life of Ranya, 15 year old Iraqi girl

Her father kidnapped by the militias in Abu Saida.

The brother used to provide for them, until the police took him.

She got married at the age of 14, against her will, to a man 12 years older than her.

She does not remember what the explosives belt looked like. Umm fatima, introduced by the husband as his cousin, strapped it on her. Before she put it on me, she gave Ranya a can of peach juice and some bread. After she drank the peach juice and ate the bread, she saw double.

Ranya does know if her husband knew she was putting on the belt, but he was in the same house. When she put on the belt and went out, he was present.

Her mother, Umm Ranya, is accused of being an Emir in Al-Qaeda. Some women said she recruited them and drew up plans for them:

Interviewer: If you met Muhammad, her husband, who was behind all this, how would react to him?

Ranya's mother: I would say: Hang him!

Interviewer: That would be your response?

Ranya's mother: Yes. I would say: Hang him. Don't let him breathe another hour.

Interviewer: You came here for the interrogation...

Ranya's mother: If he really did it...

Interviewer: What do you mean "if"?

Ranya's mother: He didn't strap the belt on her, but if he was responsible...
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Interviewer: So you doubt your daughter's account of the events?

Ranya's mother: I don't know. She didn't say that her husband knew about this. She said her husband was in another room when they strapped the belt on her.