Have female and children suicide bombings become common place for the Islamic world?

Talking about the recent female/child suicide attack in Iraq, this op-ed notes that, "This sort of act would have been worth a worldwide banner headline a decade ago. But now, it's just another demented Islamist senselessly slaughtering fellow Muslims. With her kid. Yawn." Indeed, contrast this indifference with the sort of media attention a Christian female/child suicide combo -- justifying their actions via Christianity -- would receive.

"Mommy blows up with toddler — this has got to be a new low for militant Islam," by Jonathan Kay for the National Post, April 28:

Having spent this morning catching up on my weekend reading, I came across this Page 4 article from Friday's New York Times. Here's the lead paragraph: "BAGHDAD — At least 80 people died and 120 others were injured Thursday in three bombings, one by a female suicide bomber in Baghdad who, Iraqi officials said, held a young child’s hand as she set off her explosives among a group of women and children receiving emergency food aid."

Even putting aside our baseline revulsion at terrorism, there are three especially hideous things that jump out from this:

1) A mother deliberately taking her (presumed) child with her as she immolates herself. For all the hundreds of suicide bombings that Iraq has already witnessed, this has got to be a first.

2) This was a line for food aid. Islamists have gone from attacking U.S. soldiers, to attacking Iraqi soldiers, to attacking police stations, to attacking the religious ceremonies of rival sects — on down the line of nihilism until, now, they are reduced to blowing up hungry people seeking sustenance.

3) This hideous crime was played on page four of The New York Times. And a quick scan of other media suggests it got similar B-rate treatment elsewhere. This sort of act would have been worth a worldwide banner headline a decade ago. But now, it's just another demented Islamist senselessly slaughtering fellow Muslims. With her kid. Yawn.

Says a lot about the world we live in, doesn't it?

No it says a lot about the muslim world. These people love death. They want to go to paradise. If they die in war the go straight to paradise. Well, lets declare war on all muslims. We kill them all and let them meet allah and Old Mo. Then the environmentalists will be happy, a 20% decrease in people. The West will be happy, we will not have to fight suicidal terrorists. I will be happy, I won't have to bring this blog to you all every day.