CNN Anderson Cooper 360 September 27, 2013 05:12:00
Terrorist sounds strange, there is precedent for it. they do exist. watch. >> reporter: before the white widow, there were the black widows, names given to female chechen extremists. they were first seen as hostage takers in 2002. black widows were believed to be seeking revenge for lost husbands in the war. they were dressed all in black and wore martyrs belts filled with explosives. this russian security expert was trying to defuse a bomb in 2003. he died when the bomb went off. a number of females were involved in terrorist attacks in the irish republican army. this was one of the most infa...
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