- AJCongress on Muslim Decree Allowing For Women Suicide Bombers - 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.
www.ajcongress.org/pages/RELS2001/AUG_2001/aug01_01.htm
- Christian Science Monitor: Outsmarting Suicide Terrorists - Ehud Sprinzak discusses recent attacks and suggests counter-measures.
www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/10/24/fp9s1-csm.shtml
- FEER: Sri Lanka: Ultimate Sacrifice - 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.
www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/Countries/Asia/Texts/SriLanka011.htm
- ICT: Suicide Terrorism: an Overview - 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.
www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=128
- ICT: Suicide Terrorism: Development and Characteristics - Lecture by Yoram Schweitzer on the history and groups using this tactic, with statistics.
www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=112
- Jane's Intelligence Review: Suicide Terrorism: a Global Threat - Groups that have used this tactic, key characteristics, motiviation, operations, and state responses.
www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml
- MSNBC: Inside the Mind of Suicide Terrorist - Martin Fletcher looks at the psychological make-up of suicide terrorists.
stacks.msnbc.com/news/628053.asp?cp1=1
- National Review: Crossbows and Suicide Bombers - Jonah Goldberg on calling suicide terrorist acts cowardly.
www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg081001.shtml
- Suicide Terrorism: The New Scourge - 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.
www.danielpipes.org/articles/1986summer.shtml
- USA Today: Devotion, Desire Drive Youths to 'Martyrdom' - Jack Kelley on the secretive world of suicide bombers and the culture that creates them, focusing on Hamas.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/june01/2001-06-26-suicide-usat.htm
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