Mention the title of this book, Allah's Angels, and the thought is immediately of "black widows," the Chechen female suicide bombers who have blown up stadiums, subways, and planes in Moscow and ...

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In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy challenges conventional thinking on why they fight and are willing to kill themselves in the name of Allah. His book ...