In the following cases death is a modus operandi. The definition states: “The suicide attack is a... more In the following cases death is a modus operandi. The definition states: “The suicide attack is a politically motivated violent attack perpetrated by a self-aware individual (or individuals) who actively and purposely causes his own death through blowing himself up along with the chosen target. The perpetrator’s ensured death is a precondition for the success of his mission”; and furthermore: “The aim of suicide terrorism is to cause devastating psychological damage, through which it inflicts profound fear and anxiety. Its goal is to produce negative psychic effects on the entire population, rather than just the victims of the actual attack.” Research shows that after the end of the Cold War the attacks are no longer justified by the obsolete scare of Marxist or Maoist teaching. Instead, new, ethno-nationalist ideologies, phantasms, vengeances, historical right, territorial right, heavenly right, NO RIGHT AT ALL, are being invoked; reasons pile up into senseless mounds of justification and mass burials. By early 2000, in 14 countries world-wide, there were a total of 271 suicide missions: LTTE 168, Hezbollah 52, Hamas 22, PKK 15, PIJ 8, Al Qaeda 2, EIJ, IG, BKI and GIA one each. One third of all suicides were women.
In the following cases death is a modus operandi. The definition states: “The suicide attack is a... more In the following cases death is a modus operandi. The definition states: “The suicide attack is a politically motivated violent attack perpetrated by a self-aware individual (or individuals) who actively and purposely causes his own death through blowing himself up along with the chosen target. The perpetrator’s ensured death is a precondition for the success of his mission”; and furthermore: “The aim of suicide terrorism is to cause devastating psychological damage, through which it inflicts profound fear and anxiety. Its goal is to produce negative psychic effects on the entire population, rather than just the victims of the actual attack.” Research shows that after the end of the Cold War the attacks are no longer justified by the obsolete scare of Marxist or Maoist teaching. Instead, new, ethno-nationalist ideologies, phantasms, vengeances, historical right, territorial right, heavenly right, NO RIGHT AT ALL, are being invoked; reasons pile up into senseless mounds of justification and mass burials. By early 2000, in 14 countries world-wide, there were a total of 271 suicide missions: LTTE 168, Hezbollah 52, Hamas 22, PKK 15, PIJ 8, Al Qaeda 2, EIJ, IG, BKI and GIA one each. One third of all suicides were women.
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