POLI 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Shahid, Second Intifada, Robert Pape
18 Feb 2016
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Suicide terrorism has created increasing fear and widespread media attention. Most are directed against civilians, only some towards military targets. Suicide bomber himself one of the most feared weapons. Intent is to cause a maximum number of civilian casualties: produce fear, intimidation, and anxiety in the larger population. A suicide attack ensures full media coverage. Most infamous example of suicide bombers kamikaze pilots wwii. Again attracted attention after the 80s: during this time (80s-00s) 18 different organizations used suicide bombings as a tactic. Religion has a major impact on suicide bombers: dominant force behind the trend, before the dawn of religious terrorism (a. k. a post-1979), this phenomenon was exclusive to just lebanon and kuwait. The years 2001-2005 experienced 78% of all suicide attacks between 1968 and. Suicide attacks are: devastatingly effective, lethally efficient, greater likelihood of success, relatively inexpensive, easier to execute than other attack tactics.
