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Genesis of Suicide Terrorism [PDF]
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
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Suicide terrorism and psychology of suicide bomber
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
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Religion-motivated suicide terrorism [PDF]
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
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When Suicide Kills: An Empirical Analysis of the Lethality of Suicide Terrorism
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
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Suicide Terrorism and the Weakest Link [PDF]
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
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Islamist Suicide Terrorism and Erich Fromm’s Social Psychology of Modern Times
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
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The nature of Contemporary Terrorism: Selected Features and Statistical Data
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
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Terrorist organizations and suicide attacks [PDF]
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.
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Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Problem-Solving Approach to Suicide Terrorism [PDF]
Tanya Narozhna , W. Andy Knight
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The Strategic Threat From Suicide Terror [PDF]
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
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