Does Iran's Army of Lady Ninjas Pose a Security Threat?

Posted at 12:14 PM ET, 02/06/2012

Iran’s ninja army is made up of 3,500 women
By Elizabeth Flock, Washington Post

Somewhere in the eastern hemisphere, thousands of female ninjas are being trained for battle. And no, it’s not in Japan — or in a new Quentin Tarantino project.

Some 3,500 women in Iran have registered as official ninjas-in-training, according to a recent video report by state-run Press TV. In the more than six-minute video, filmed at the Iran Ninjutsu Club in the “heart of Iran,” the female warriors are shown practicing stances of attack, stealth methods, defensive gymnastics, wielding bows and swords, and making a whole lot of “huaaaah” noises.