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Genesis of Suicide Terrorism [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2003
Contemporary suicide terrorists from the Middle East are publicly deemed crazed cowards bent on senseless destruction who thrive in poverty and ignorance. Recent research indicates they have no appreciable psychopathology and are as educated and economically well-off as surrounding populations.
Scott Atran
exaly   +4 more sources

Suicide terrorism and psychology of suicide bomber

open access: yesLibyan International Medical University Journal, 2021
This article reviews suicide terrorism and existing understandings of the psychology of suicide bomber. Suicide attacks that take place in many different parts of the world are one of the most used methods by the terrorist organizations.
Mehmet Ogun
doaj   +2 more sources

Religion-motivated suicide terrorism [PDF]

open access: yesBezbednost, Beograd, 2020
The author deals with suicide terrorists as the most radical version of terrorism. We can see examples and reasons to recourse terrorism and find optimal ways to eliminate or at least reduce this threat. In the analysis, it is stated that the main motives for suicide are rewards in heaven, economic benefits, or persuasion of the family, but I think ...
Mina Zirojević, Darko Marković
openaire   +2 more sources

When Suicide Kills: An Empirical Analysis of the Lethality of Suicide Terrorism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2017
Why are some suicide terrorist attacks deadlier than others? Suicide bombers, unlike stationary bombs, are self-guided human weapons; they can deliver and detonate explosives at a specific time and place with precision.
Burcu Pinar Alakoc
doaj   +4 more sources

Suicide Terrorism and the Weakest Link [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
In this paper we examine a model of terrorism which focuses on the tradeoffs facing a terrorist organization that has the ability to utilize either or both suicide and conventional terrorism tactics. The terrorist organization's objective is to successfully attack at least one target.
Daniel G. Arce   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Islamist Suicide Terrorism and Erich Fromm’s Social Psychology of Modern Times

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2017
Mainstream social science has struggled to explain the appeal of suicide terrorism to so many Muslim youths, relying as it does on standard socio-economic indicators and research meant to identify suicidal tendencies. The existential emphasis is missing.
Emad El-Din Aysha
doaj   +2 more sources

The nature of Contemporary Terrorism: Selected Features and Statistical Data

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2016
The paper presents selected features of contemporary terrorism. It emphasizes the role of a religious factor, which to a large extent determines the specificity of the contemporary wave of this phenomenon.
Lech Chojnowski
doaj   +12 more sources

Terrorist organizations and suicide attacks [PDF]

open access: yesBaština, 2022
The terrorist organizations, of course, are not the first organized terrorist group that humanity encountered. The origin of organized terrorist activities, as it is known, is in the distant past.
Baljak Miroslav B., Erkić Dražan R.
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Problem-Solving Approach to Suicide Terrorism [PDF]

open access: yesCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2010
Tanya Narozhna , W. Andy Knight
doaj   +1 more source

The Strategic Threat From Suicide Terror [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Suicide attacks have become more prevalent globally, gaining in strategic importance. Most are religiously motivated, with Islamic Jihadi groups networked to permit "swarming" by different groups honing in on multiple targets, then dispersing to form new swarms.
Atran, Scott
openaire   +3 more sources

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