Suicide

• Regional: Middle East: Palestinian Territory: Society and Culture: Politics: Parties: Hamas  (5)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya  (1)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Jihad  (6)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Qaida  (94)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Hizballah  (19)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  (3)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: PIJ - Palestine Islamic Jihad  (2)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: PKK - Kurdistan Workers' Party  (4)

How Israel Creates Suicide Bombers - Article by Noam Chomsky spelling out the background under which Palestinians become suicide bombers.

Understanding Suicide Terrorism - An interdisciplinary debate on a target paper 'Genesis and Future of Suicide Terrorism' by Scott Atran.

National Review: Crossbows and Suicide Bombers - Jonah Goldberg on calling suicide terrorist acts cowardly. (August 10, 2001)

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. (July 5, 2001)

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. (June 1, 2001)

Christian Science Monitor: Outsmarting Suicide Terrorists - Ehud Sprinzak discusses recent attacks and suggests counter-measures. (October 24, 2000)

Jane's Intelligence Review: Suicide Terrorism: a Global Threat - Groups that have used this tactic, key characteristics, motiviation, operations, and state responses. (October 20, 2000)

The Scourge of Suicide Terrorism - 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. (June, 1986)