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	Martyrdom operation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Islamist militants use this term as they do not see their attacks as an act of suicide, which is prohibited by Islam.
		While most combat involves a chance of death, a "martyrdom operation" implies a deliberate act of self-sacrificial suicide and a systematic form of terrorism.
		In Arabic, suicide bombings or martyrdome operations are called - "Shuada" or "Is-shtahad", both comes from the root "Shaadi" (Testemony) that refers to the act that Muslim declare on is believe in Islam.
	usapedia.com /m/martyrdom-operation.html (128 words)

	Raehatu Al-Misk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There is one difference between the martyrdom operations and their classical precedent, namely that in our case the person is killed by his own hand, whereas in the other he was killed by the enemy.
		As for martyrdom operations, no such rules need be applied, for we have clear texts encouraging plunging into the enemy ranks in spite of the certainty of being killed, and it is not a case of necessity.
		We have arrived at the conclusion that martyrdom operations are permissible, and in fact the Mujahid who is killed in them is better than one who is killed fighting in the ranks, for there are gradations even among martyrs, corresponding to their role, action effort and risk undertaken.
	ee.1asphost.com /raehatualmisk/martyr.html (6367 words)

	Suicide bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cost-benefit analysis, expressed here by Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, is simple: "The method of martyrdom operation [is] the most successful way of inflicting damage against the opponent and the least costly to the mujahidin in terms of casualties" [3].
		The radical schools of Islam teach that such a "martyrdom operation" may result in them being rewarded, by Allah, with Paradise (Jannah) and rewards such as 72 houri in the afterlife.
		Islamists often use the terms isshtahad or martyrdom operation for the act itself, while the suicide bomber is called a shahid (pl. Shahiddin, literally 'witness' and usually translated as 'martyr').
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suicide_bombers (4857 words)

	Martyrdom operation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A martyrdom operation is a (A terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it) suicide bombing.
		In Arabic, suicide bombings or martyrdom operations are called Shuada or Is-shtahad, both coming from the root Shaadi ("Testimony") that refers to the act of declaring one's belief in (The monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran) Islam.
		The suicide bombers are called "Shahids" and after their death attain the rank of a (One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion) Martyr.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/martyrdom_operation.htm (197 words)

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		Martyrdom operation Bin Laden is seen in the video with the number two in the al-Qaeda network, Ayman al-Zawahri, and a spokesman, Abu Ghaith, in what the Pentagon says is a guest house in Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan.
		The hijackings were a martyrdom operation, bin Laden said in a conversation with two aides and a Saudi sheik, but those who carried them out didn't know the details until just before they boarded the planes.
		"The brothers, who conducted the operation, all they knew was that they have a martyrdom operation and we asked each of them to go to America but they didn't know anything about the operation, not even one letter," he said, according to the translation of bin Laden's remarks.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/2001mid/The_Osama_Show (2650 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Martyrdom
		Martyrdom (Greek martur, “witness”), the acceptance of suffering and death for refusing to renounce a faith, belief, principle, or cause.
		Evidence gathered by investigators has suggested that those who carried out the September 11 attacks knew that it would be a “martyrdom operation”....
		About 1524, Giulio accepted the invitation of Federigo Gonzaga, ruler of Mantua and patron of the arts, to carry out a series of architectural and...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Martyrdom.html (95 words)

	hamasleader.page
		Shehadeh: The stream of youths [who seek to] attain martyrdom shows [mental] health and the awareness of Palestinian society, and is not a mistake or an escape from a situation of despair or frustration.
		Then the operation is ready to go, after a group of experts approves the plan and determines the factors for its success or failure.
		The success of an operation is not defined by the number of enemy dead, but by the extent to which our Jihad fighters managed to reach the target, and by the operation's execution.
	www.geocities.com /rap_rabbi/hamasleader.html (1148 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Egyptian daily praises latest suicide attacks
		The latest Palestinian "martyrdom" operation in Jerusalem, which resulted in 11 deaths and scores of injuries, is being described by the Egyptian government-sponsored daily newspaper as "a heroic operation."
		Last Saturday's "martyrdom" operation was carried out by a Palestinian suicide bomber at a popular café in Jerusalem, called Moment, where the bomber blew himself up in the courtyard entryway.
		Maybe this operation did not [cause] the most bloodshed, but the important point here is the site where it was carried out.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26836 (571 words)

	permissibility of Suicide Bombing or martyrdom operation in Islam--Ummah.comGeneral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This indicates that seeking to be killed and pursuing martyrdom are legitimate and praiseworthy acts.
		This would be even if we did not have any texts to support martyrdom operations, although we actually do have specific evidences, as mentioned earlier.
		Martyrdom operations should not be carried out unless certain conditions are met:
	www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=9792 (6444 words)

	MSN Encarta - September 11 Attacks
		The operator heard him say, “Are you ready?” Then, “OK, let’s roll.” It is unknown where the hijackers of Flight 93 intended to crash the plane, but the aircraft was headed toward the Washington, D.C., area when it crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at about 10:03 am.
		This thinking is revealed in a handwritten document, copies of which were found in the luggage of Mohammed Atta, in a car that had been used by the terrorists, and in the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.
		Some scholars noted how this idea of martyrdom departs from traditional Islamic beliefs, which generally underscore the sanctity of life and accommodate martyrdom only in extreme circumstances, when the survival of a community is at stake.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701509060_2/September_11_Attacks.html (1603 words)

	My son, the martyr: A mother's viewpoint on the glories of jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		My second son set out on a martyrdom operation, but was discovered, arrested, and sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment.
		On the day of the operation, he came to me and told me: "Now, mother, I am setting out for my operation." He prepared for the operation two days in advance, when the video was filmed.
		But I worried and feared greatly that the operation would not succeed, and that he would be arrested.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2002/062002/06222002/642787/printer_friendly (1113 words)

	John-Loftus.com
		The person who goes out on an operation of engagement with the army differs from the person who goes out to blow himself up with an explosive belt; the one who targets a military position differs from the one who targets a bus; and so on.
		An operation of this size and kind needs a long time to plan and prepare and it cannot be done at the push of a button.
		Definitely the resistance in Lebanon was the first struggle to carry out blowing-up martyrdom operations, particularly when they carried out the blowing up of the US Marines headquarters in 1983 and other operations.
	www.john-loftus.com /shallah_interview.asp (3880 words)

	ummah.com forum - View Single Post - permissibility of Suicide Bombing or martyrdom operation in Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Martyrdom or self-sacrifice operations are those performed by one or more people, against enemies far outstripping them in numbers and equipment, with prior knowledge that the operations will almost inevitably lead to death.
		As for the effects of these operations on the enemy, we have found, through the course of our experience that there is no other technique which strikes as much terror into their hearts, and which shatters their spirit as much.
		On the material level, these operations inflict the heaviest losses on the enemy, and are lowest in cost to us.
	www.ummah.net /forum/showpost.php?p=97083&postcount=1 (6384 words)

	MEMRI TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Reporter: Indeed, prominent scholars have described suicide operations for the sake of the homeland as martyrdom operations.
		On the other hand, the martyrdom operation means that a person dies for a greater cause.
		The martyrdom operation is the weapon Allah gave this nation, and no one can take it from us.
	www.memritv.org /Transcript.asp?P1=807 (732 words)

	How to Recruit Murderers
		The mental preparation and morale building are on [a] high level, even though most of those volunteering to commit martyrdom operations have already come a long way in mental and morale preparation.
		The volunteers are those who initiate and accept upon themselves to commit a martyrdom operation.
		The opposite is true - the martyrdom bombers are the ones looking for the resistance factions in order to commit martyrdom operations.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14147 (800 words)

	MEMRI TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They volunteer for martyrdom and self-sacrifice for the cause, and the first to be selected are the most believing, whose conviction is the deepest, because they have the greatest chance of persevering to the very last minute.
		There is a need for physical training because a martyrdom operation, whether the storming of a settlement or an explosion, requires physical strength so the Mujaheed can reach the final stages of the operation.
		The factions' inability to supply enough operations for all of them is the only obstacle preventing them all from committing martyrdom operations.
	www.memritv.org /Transcript.asp?P1=117 (766 words)

	Corrupt government, conspiracy, new world order, no future.
		Reporter: "If Jihad is the goal, the self-sacrifice operations against the Israelis were the weapon chosen in the mid-nineties.
		Sheik Muhammad Hussein Fadhlallah: "The martyrdom operations are a part of the war movement, since the issue of war differs from the issue of suicide.
		Reporter: "The culture of Hizbullah is the culture of martyrdom, with which it nurtures the minds of others.
	www.pushhamburger.com /bombers.htm (774 words)

	"Peaceful" Egyptians for Suicide Bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An editorial in the Egyptian government daily Al-Masaa praised suicide/martyrdom operations, and called on Palestinian organizations to not publish the names of the bombers so that their families' houses would not be demolished.
		"We have no argument regarding the question of the legitimacy of these operations, because they are considered a powerful weapon used by the Palestinians against an enemy with no morality or religion, [an enemy] who has deadly weapons prohibited by international law, that is not deterred from using them against the defenseless Palestinian people.
		"Even if during [a martyrdom operation] civilians or children are killed — the blame does not fall upon the Palestinians, but on those who forced them to turn to this modus operandi.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=12071 (383 words)

	Martyrdom operation - SourceWatch
		The term martyrdom operation is how Al-Qaida describes "suicide bombing" and similar attacks that result in the death of the operative.
		It was used on tapes (in Arabic) that were released the week of the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		The term literally describes a military operation in which the attacker is killed as a by-product of their own action, the term martyr having religious connotations in both Christianity and Islam.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Martyrdom_operation (213 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Shiqaqi encouraged what he called "exceptional" martyrdom as a necessary tactic in jihad fi sabeel Allah (striving in the cause of Allah): "We cannot achieve the goal of these operations if our mujahid"—holy warrior—"is not able to create an explosion within seconds and is unable to prevent the enemy from blocking the operation.
		In Islamic Jihad's first human-bomb operation, in September, 1993, the martyr Ala'a al Kahlout shaved his beard, donned a cap and dark glasses, and dressed in shorts and a T-shirt before carrying his bomb onto a bus in Ashdod.
		The video testaments, which are shot against a background of the sponsoring organization's banner and slogans, show the living martyr reciting the Koran, posing with guns and bombs, exhorting his comrades to follow his example, and extolling the virtues of jihad.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content?011119fa_FACT1 (4531 words)

	MIFTAH's Dialogue - Interview with Hamas Commander of the Al-Qassam Br (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Second, we verify that the young man complies with his parents' wishes and is loved by his family, and that his martyrdom will not [adversely] affect family life - that is, he is not the head of the family and he has siblings, as we will not take an only child.
		Sh'hadeh: "The stream of youths [who seek to] attain martyrdom shows [mental] health and the awareness of Palestinian society, and is not a mistake or an escape from a situation of despair or frustration.
		This causes confusion in the military wing [because] it does not set a [clear] position regarding the military operations - that is, whether it is for them or against them.
	www.miftah.org /dialogue/printthread.cfm?Forum=8&Topic=1549 (1241 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		After a recent suicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus, which killed eleven people, the government press in Egypt was filled with praise for this “most honorable mission”, as it was called in al-Gomhouriya.
		All of the leading Egyptian newspapers called the terrorist massacre a “martyrdom operation”, with no condemnation whatsoever even of the choice of targets - children on their way to school in Jerusalem and adults on their way to work.
		The al-Akhbar editorial was entitled, “The Jerusalem Operation: The Only Response to Israeli Terrorism,” and it stated, “Reacting to all of the inhuman acts of the Zionist entity intended to subdue the Palestinian people, a martyrdom operation took place yesterday [November 21, 2002] in occupied Jerusalem...” Why?
	www.arutzsheva.org /article.php3?id=1651 (187 words)

	Martyrdom operation kills 15 Israelis, wounded 57, Sharon cuts visit to US
		Martyrdom operation kills 15 Israelis, wounded 57, Sharon cuts visit to US NOTICE: ArabicNews.com is for sale.
		Some 15 Israelis were killed and other 57 wounded in a "martyrdom operation" which took place on Tuesday evening in a play hall in Reishoun Litzioun city to the south of Tel Aviv.
		This is however, the first time an operation takes place in Israel since April 12 at the time when the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is meeting with the US President George Bush in Washington.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/020508/2002050818.html (464 words)

	Islam Review - Presented by The Pen vs. the Sword Featured Articles . . . Islam: the Facade, the Facts The rosy picture ...
		Umm Nidal: "Muhammad was willing to carry out any martyrdom operation...
		When he entered the settlement, his brothers in the military wing [of Hamas] informed me that he had managed to infiltrate it.
		The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an independent, non-profit organization that translates and analyzes the media of the Middle East.
	www.islamreview.com /articles/interview.shtml (1216 words)

	Quds Brigades affirm responsibility for Afula martyrdom operation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Quds Brigades affirm responsibility for Afula martyrdom operation
		The statement said that the martyrdom heroine: Hiba Azem Saeed Daraghama was from the village of Tobas near the West Bank city of Jenin.
		It said that Hiba was a student at the Open Quds University and had carried the explosives in her handbag.
	www.palestine-info.co.uk /am/publish/article_1044.shtml (209 words)

	Special Dispatch Series - No. 265
		In this dismal atmosphere, the operation that took place in Jerusalem was, for me, a ray of hope and a life-saver"
		These things were taking place in Palestine on a day to day basis, the Arab world took no action, and those who raised their voices and spoke did so either to ask for help from the Americans or for a return to the negotiation table.
		The magnitude of this lack of action is such, that only a martyrdom operation may shake it."
	memri.org /bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP26501 (796 words)

	Israel Hasbara Committee
		In the intervening time, he sent mortars towards women and children in Jewish communities and planned further suicide missions wherein civilians were to be killed.
		fourth, his martyrdom should encourage others to carry out martyrdom operations and encourage Jihad in the hearts of people.
		If some of the youths do not follow the military apparatus's instructions, and [set out on operations on their own] without being linked officially to this apparatus, this proves that the [entire] nation has become a nation of Jihad on the threshold of liberation, and that
	www.infoisrael.net /cgi-local/text.pl?source=2/a/i/2905200210 (1378 words)

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