When a woman is “dressed to kill,” it’s synonymous to say she is drop dead gorgeous, but in a recent Newsweek article, the phrase simply means that woman (mujahidaat) will leave you drop dead.

With the absence of more men, came the growth of more women involved in suicide bombings throughout Iraq. Suicide terrorism executed by women began in 2003 with the first two recruits and from March of that year to 2006, there were a mere five attacks. In this year alone there have been 20 missions (by female suicide bombers) in Iraq and an estimated 50 more to come.

Revenge is a powerful motive which followers of Osama bin Laden are keen to exploit. . .
- from “US says women suicide bombers seeking revenge in Iraq” web article

Typically, those women “dressed to kill” let their vengeful mindset and/or their natural impulses telling them to protect (upcoming generations, their land from foreign invaders, etc.) drive their actions. So while the reasoning behind female suicide terrorism is becoming overt, methods to targeting such women is not. Despite the issue being a matter of life and death, there is no exception to Arab cultural customs about women. U.S. army officers cannot look at women because it is regulated by the Arab culture, thus they cannot deduce possible enemies. It’s like trying to find a particular type of fish yet you cannot look in bodies of water. That is what makes this problem a growing one: the enemy is practically invisible.