Project manager Ms Nasya Bahfen was reported by The Australian of 16 February 2006 as saying: "I don't like the idea of innocent life being shed, but at the same time, I can't say that if I grew up there [Palestine] I would not be a suicide bomber. Islam condemns the taking of innocent life, but at the same time, when a Muslim is oppressed, they have the right to fight back. If you think about suicide bombers in Palestine, your life would have to be pretty screwed up to want to strap bombs on yourself and blow yourself up and blow up other people. The difficulty with pointing that out is that you sound like you're trying to justify terrorism, especially with the current climate. ...We shouldn't support aggression, but we should certainly support it if it's in terms of self-defence ... and that's in line with following Islamic religion. I un equivocally support the insurgency in Iraq, because to me, that's self-defence." The story was written by Richard Kerbaj.