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	Suicide bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suicide bombers often believe that their actions are in accordance with moral or social standards because they are aimed at fighting forces and conditions that they perceive as unjust.
		A common reaction to a suicide bomber is to assume that he (or rarely she) was motivated by despair, and probably hailed from a poor, neglected segment of society.
		Cases of Middle Eastern suicide bombers being chained or tied to the steering wheel of vehicles carrying bombs or remotely detonating the said vehicles with drivers inside, and also of outfitting developmentally disabled individuals (specifically those with Down's syndrome) with suicide bomb vests, are hotly debated issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suicide_bomber (4810 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		Prospective women suicide bombers are not only hard to identify as they do not fit the conventional profile of suicide bombers, but also they have given suicide missions a new respectability in Palestinian society.
		Similarly, media reports on suicide attacks by Palestinian women seem preoccupied with the suicide bomber's "manicured fingernails", the shape of her face and color of eyes - details that are conspicuously absent in the reports of suicide bombings carried out by male bombers.
		And thus, the woman suicide bomber's decision to blow up her body to kill others is seen as an act of revenge, a response to personal injustice suffered and so on.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EJ25Ak02.html (1414 words)

	What turns victims into suicide bombers?
		Whereas most modern societies tend to view nearly all suicides as irrational, hastily planned and executed in a fit of passion, and usually undertaken alone, this type of suicide was the sort most deplored by the Romans, the type of suicide they sought to avoid when choosing their own deaths.
		The suicide bomber, unable to develop and express his individuality under occupation and unable to serve his society in constructive ways, turns to a goal beyond this world.
		Neither the clerics nor their followers are fooled by the propaganda that calls the suicide bombers terrorists while ignoring the gross terrorism of occupation forces that murder, maim, destroy homes and livelihoods and instil constant fear with fighter jets, bombers, tanks, helicopter gunships and a well-armed military machine.
	www.redress.btinternet.co.uk /pjballes28.htm (1290 words)

	Wide Angle . Suicide Bombers \| PBS
		Until recently, female suicide bombers were unique to the LTTE, PKK, and other non-religious terror organizations, but this trend has changed recently; some religious leaders have sanctified women's participation in such acts under their "loose" interpretation of Islamic tradition.
		Another alarming aspect of the suicide phenomenon is the utilization of young children as suicide bombers.
		The victorious reputation of suicide terrorism as the ultimate strategic weapon of the poor and the deprived may contribute to its further dispersal around the world in coming years, and more groups and networks may adopt it into their own arsenal.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/shows/suicide/briefing.html (831 words)

	'Majority of suicide bombers are educated' -DAWN - National; 13 January, 2005
		He said the suicide bombers opted to use their lives as a weapon against a powerful enemy to bring honour and power to their suppressed nation and compel the occupying foreign forces to leave their land.
		However, the number of suicide bombers was increasing in the absence of balance of power between nations and the unipolar world where many countries were losing their dignity, honour and respect.
		The aim of suicide bombers was not to die but to serve as a tool for greater goals which might be achieved by his nation after his death.
	www.dawn.com /2005/01/13/nat19.htm (501 words)

	Female Suicide Bombers
		Suicide attacks continued to be conducted by Chechnyan and Palestinian women, but also began to be seen in rather unexpected countries such as Iraq.
		The day when posters of suicide bombers are ripped off the walls of public spaces could signal the beginning of a new era of hope and peace.
		According to Israeli sources, female suicide bomber Jaradat was approached by the PIJ during the period of mourning for her brother and her cousin.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=508 (2744 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Female Suicide Bombers
		Once a prospective suicide bomber is found, the organization invests considerable effort in convincing women that this kind of activity does not contradict the Islamic principles nor “the daily duties of the Muslim woman”.
		The bomber was identified as Hanadi Jaradat, 29, a trainee lawyer from Jenin.
		Jaradat was the sixth woman suicide bomber in the past three years, though only the second to commit an attack for the Islamic Jihad.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=499 (1183 words)

	Suicide terrorism: a global threat - Jane's Intelligence Review
		Suicide terrorism is the readiness to sacrifice one's life in the process of destroying or attempting to destroy a target to advance a political goal.
		The motivation of the LTTE and the PKK suicide bombers is mainly Tamil and Kurdish nationalism respectively.
		The bomber is usually supported by an operational cell, responsible for providing accommodation, transport food, clothing and security to the bomber until he/she reaches the target.
	www.janes.com /security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml (3235 words)

	Jonah Goldberg on Suicide Bombers on National Review Online
		Suicide as a political act is quite common in human history.
		If hopelessness were the cause of suicide bombing we would have seen it a generation ago, when the plight of the Palestinians in the wake of the 1967 war was much, much more bleak.
		But the most significant reason why the propaganda about "suicide bombers" is such a blatant lie, is that hopeless people do not have access to sophisticated belts of high explosives simply by virtue of their hopelessness.
	www.nationalreview.com /goldberg/goldberg040502.asp (995 words)

	Islamic Suicide Bombers - religious cults, sects and movements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Post noted, but he added that suicide bombers often consider their deaths acts of heroism, not self-destruction, and believe they will be elaborately rewarded in the afterlife.
		Some Saudi scholars continue to denounce suicide as a sin, but the argument has been won by the radicals who see it as a legitimate means of jihad, or holy struggle.
		Such is the prestige of the suicide bomber that no one in the Palestinian territories would dare to raise a voice against the practice.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /s37.html (2594 words)

	Wide Angle . Suicide Bombers \| PBS
		Suicide attacks began in Lebanon in 1983 (some say 1981, when a sole suicide attack hit the Iraqi embassy in Beirut), at the instigation of Hizbollah, a Lebanese Shiite terror organization.
		The use of suicide attacks garnered considerable prestige for the perpetrators and their organizations -- particularly in light of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon, which many attributed to the bombings -- and turned the act into a symbol of martyrdom and a source of inspiration for other terror organizations worldwide.
		The resulting bombings were smaller, though more precise, allowing the bomber to be a "guided human missile." Therefore, modern suicide terror attacks can be defined as violent, politically motivated actions executed knowingly, actively, and with prior intent by individuals who kill themselves while destroying their chosen civilian or military targets.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/shows/suicide (594 words)

	What Motivates Suicide Bombers? November 28, 2003
		Suicide bombers are now a central feature in the so-called war on terror.
		suicide bombers are aiming at spooking the mind of their adversaries...
		The suicide bomber was Hanadi Tayseer Jaradat, a highly educated twenty-nine year old Palestinian woman who had recently received her law degree in Jordan.
	www.d-n-i.net /fcs/comments/c502.htm (1655 words)

	The New York Review of Books: The Suicide Bombers
		The idea of the suicide bombing, unlike that of an ordinary attack, is, perversely, a moral idea in which the killers, in acting out the drama of being the ultimate victim, claim for their cause the moral high ground.
		Sending suicide bombers into Israel proper rather than confining them to the occupied territories gives a clear signal that the two Islamic organizations do not accept the distinction between the pre-1967 land of Israel and the land that was conquered by Israel in 1967.
		The suicide bombers convey to the Israelis the message that the resentment of the Palestinians, or at least of a good many of them, cannot be alleviated by Jews and that their demands cannot be met.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/15979 (5568 words)

	Girl Suicide Bombers By Anne Applebaum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She fit none of the standard descriptions of "typical" suicide bombers.
		This is a political war, not a religious war, and the suicide bombings are being carefully planned and executed as a part of a precise political strategy.
		The mother of Wafa Idris, the first female suicide bomber, told the BBC she was "proud" of her daughter.
	slate.msn.com /?id=2063954 (1500 words)

	CNN.com - Suicide bombers kill 15 in Mideast - Sep. 10, 2003
		Suicide bombers in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem killed at least 15 people Tuesday and wounded dozens, Israeli police said.
		Tuesday's bombings were the first suicide attacks since the mid-August bombing, after which Israel began a series of targeted attacks against Hamas leaders.
		Eli Beer, who works for an emergency rescue unit, said the suicide bomber tried but failed to get inside the cafe because of the guard at the door.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/09/09/mideast.blast (1005 words)

	israelinsider: security: What makes suicide bombers tick?
		The suicide bomber was identified as 22-year-old Saeed Hotary, a Jordanian who had been living in Kalkilya.
		64% of the suicide bombers are between the ages 18-23; most of the rest are under 30.
		The BBC reported that suicide bombers "are likely to be motivated by religious fervor." According to a BBC report, recruits are "picked out from mosques, schools and religious institutions.
	www.israelinsider.com /channels/security/articles/sec_0049.htm (1030 words)

	CNN.com - Human Rights Watch: Suicide bombers 'war criminals' - Nov. 1, 2002
		Those who plan and carry out suicide bombings that deliberately target civilians are guilty of crimes against humanity and must be brought to justice, a leading humanitarian watchdog group said in a report released Friday.
		Buses splintered by suicide bombers are lined up behind a garage in northern Israel.
		Some armed groups have also said residents of Israeli settlements have forfeited their civilian status, but the group said people living there are entitled to protection so long as they are not participating in armed conflict.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/11/01/human.rights.palestinians (1063 words)

	Tooth Fairies And Suicide Bombers
		Juxtaposed beneath the photo of the suicide bomber students is a photo of four young Israelis, two of them boys dressed in fl with fl hats and side curls.
		The suicide bomber campaign was in part an attempt to reverse a growing Israeli PR disaster.
		The PR payoff of the suicide bomber campaign is to convince world public opinion that any barbaric act against the Palestinians is justified.
	www.public-action.com /911/toothfairies.html (2656 words)

	Reemergence of the "Suicide Bomber"
		The suicide bomber's fiery part in the terrorist drama is expected to bring him immortality amidst seventy-two virgins and rivers of honey.
		Hence, there can be no more just and powerful course of action for the suicide bomber than one that kills the despised Jew (now caricatured daily by the Arab press in the crudest anti-Semitic stereotypes) while simultaneously ensuring life everlasting.
		The suicide bomber is fully convinced that in destroying Jews (it is always Jews, not Israelis) he can prevent his own personal death.
	www.gamla.org.il /english/beres/46.htm (864 words)

	The American Spectator
		Suicide bombings were not common features of real life back in 1973.
		But there is a qualitative difference between flying a plane into a warship during a battle and walking up to someone on the street and blowing you both up.
		By late in the war, the average new bomber pilot died on his first mission anyway.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=6758 (1004 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Suicide Bombers and Professors by Edward Alexander
		This particular form of atrocity has not only failed to disturb the equanimity of our heavily petted professors but has elicited from many of them a stream of rhapsodic admiration, sympathetic identification (with the murderers, not their victims), and high-toned apologia.
		Nor is he the only academic luminary whose lucubrations on suicide bombing demonstrate the explosive power of boredom.
		The third member of my trio of academic apologists for suicide bombers is Karen Armstrong, a former Catholic nun who specializes in comparative religion, has written a best-selling book called Understanding Islam, and played a key role in the (scandalous) recent PBS series celebrating the life of Muhammed.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=5531 (1102 words)

	Female Suicide Bombers: Dying to Kill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Summary As a spate of suicide bombings around the world in recent years has shown, the face of terror is increasingly female.
		As a spate of suicide bombings around the world in recent years has shown, the face of terror is increasingly female.
		What we found in talking to the [bombers'] families and people in the community—and I want to limit this to the women whose stories we looked into—all of them had very traumatic personal stories and issues.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/12/1213_041213_tv_suicide_bombers.html (663 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Suicide bombers coming to U.S.?
		In addition, new information about the ways and means of suicide bombers has been shared indirectly with the governments of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states.
		Police experts say the method of building suicide bomb vests has advanced by the use of more sophisticated explosives and techniques of flattening the charges so they can be concealed easily into clothing items.
		While suicide bomb attacks are common in Israel, they have been unheard of in the U.S. They are on the increase, however, against U.S. forces in Iraq.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37357 (656 words)

	CBS News \| Salaries For Suicide Bombers \| April 4, 2002 00:20:39
		Since Iraq upped its payments last month, 12 suicide bombers have successfully struck inside Israel, including one man who killed 25 Israelis, many of them elderly, as they sat down to a meal at a hotel to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover.
		The families of three suicide bombers said they have recently received payments of $25,000.
		Palestinians say the bombers are driven by a priceless thirst for revenge, religious zeal and dreams of glory — not greed.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/04/03/world/main505316.shtml (751 words)

	The Culture of Martyrdom
		Suicide bombing isn't just a tactic in a larger war; it overwhelms the political goals it is meant to serve.
		Over the past year suicide bombing has dramatically changed the nature of the conflict.
		Religious authorities in Iran gave it their blessing, and a wave of suicide bombings began, starting with the attacks that killed about sixty U.S. embassy workers in April of 1983 and about 240 people in the Marine compound at the airport in October.
	www.theatlantic.com /issues/2002/06/brooks.htm (500 words)

	Israel/PA: Suicide Bombers Commit Crimes Against Humanity (Human Rights Watch Press release, Gaza, November 1, 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 170-page report is the first full-fledged examination of individual criminal responsibility for suicide bombings against civilians in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories.
		The report, Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks against Israeli Civilians, also provides the most thorough study to date of the suicide bombing operations of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the groups that have claimed responsibility for almost all recent suicide bombings.
		Human Rights Watch also urged the PA to undertake a public campaign urging an end suicide bombings and other attacks against civilians and making clear that the PA does not consider as "martyrs" people who die carrying out attacks that deliberately or indiscriminately kill or cause great suffering among civilians.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/11/isrl-pa1101.htm (1174 words)

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