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Not all suicide bombers in Iraq are willing participants
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=331020

<snip>But it also appears that not all of the bombers are willing participants. U.S. military officials have found body parts in vehicles used in suicide bombings — left by the frantic people who were trapped inside, unable to flee.

"What we've found in a number of places are hands chained to a steering wheel," Custer said. "We found a foot roped into the car unable to escape."

He said in some cases, it appeared that men were forced to carry out suicide bombings because their families were being held hostage.

"We've seen a number of incidents where — wives {and} children kidnapped — {the} fathers forced to drive a car, even so far as to have a car following it with a remote," Custer said.

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