Suicide Terrorism Issues

Suicide Terrorism Issues

Suicide

Suicide terrorism is the act of sacrificing one's life in the process of destroying or attempting to destroy a target to advance a political goal. Information about suicide attacks, why terrorist groups use self-destructing human weapons, and why people become human bombs.

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- Groups that have used this tactic, key characteristics, motiviation, operations, and state responses.
- Statement by American Jewish Congress Executive Director Phil Baum calling on Muslim and non-Muslim religious leaders to condemn the decree of the Saudi Arabia High Islamic Council that women can serve as suicide bombers.
- Article by Noam Chomsky spelling out the background under which Palestinians become suicide bombers.
- Article by Daniel Pipes addresses state support and sponsorship of suicide attacks and the mistaken tendency to ascribe them to Islam, fanaticism, or some other cultural trait.
- Presents articles, research papers and references on the phenomenon of suicide terrorism. From the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
- An interdisciplinary debate on a target paper 'Genesis and Future of Suicide Terrorism' by Scott Atran.
- Faced with harassment and economic deprivation, young Tamils are ready to give up their lives and become martyrs of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Ehud Sprinzak discusses recent attacks and suggests counter-measures.
- This article, by Lori Allen, examines the reasons why individuals choose to become suicide bombers.
- Scott Atran investigates on social factors underlying suicide attacks and the recruitment of suicide bombers. What defenses will and won't work.
- Jack Kelley on the secretive world of suicide bombers and the culture that creates them, focusing on Hamas.
- Jonah Goldberg on calling suicide terrorist acts cowardly.
- Lecture by Yoram Schweitzer on the history and groups using this tactic, with statistics.
- Boaz Ganor discusses the definition of a suicide attack, how such attacks are advantageous to terrorist organizations and the perpetrator, characteristics of suicide attackers, and what can be done to stop this terrorism.

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