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Vol. 15 · No. 132 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Suicide bomber can't believe he forgot to send a mother’s day card

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RAQQA, Syria – A suicide bomber admitted that he had completely forgotten about Mother’s Day and it was too late to fix his mistake, sources confirmed.

Abu Ghadiya, 23, revealed his embarrassing predicament in an online jihadi chatroom Saturday afternoon.

“My brothers, I have spent so much time preparing for martyrdom that I have forgotten completely about honoring motherhood," he wrote. "It is too late to get a card into the trustworthy Iraqi mail system but I can Venmo someone if they can buy a card and drop it off in Baghdad.”

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