...| Suicide Bomber Profile | Suicidal Tendencies of Suicide Bombers | | | | | Tendencies of Suicide Bombers Suicide terrorism is the targeted use of self-obliteration of human beings against non-combatant individuals (usually civilian populations) with the objective of causing political change within a country. Even though a suicide attack is aimed to destroy an initial target, its primary use is a weapon of psychological warfare intended to affect a larger public audience. The main target is not those who are killed, instead it is aimed at those made to witness it. In the last 3 decades, it is estimated that there has been around 1200 suicide attacks taking place in different parts of the world, making up about 4% of all terrorist attacks but 32% (14,599 individuals) of all terrorism-related deaths. Approximately 90% of these attacks have occurred in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel alone. Although there is an association between suicide and suicidal behavior and homicide and violence to others, few studies on suicide comment on the phenomenon of the ‘suicide’ bomber. In the absence of any universally agreed definition of the term ‘terrorism’, the term tends to be very subjective: One person's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter. According to some authors on the history of terrorism, suicide or self-sacrifice associated with terrorist violence is not a new phenomenon. [1] In fact, suicide attacks are very old modus operandi. In...
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...The limitation to this theory is that people believe that these suicide bombers have no choice but to kill and target a whole group of people. These people are desperate to get away from what is causing them hardships, and their failure to achieve positively valued goals, but a way of doing this is not by killing a group of innocent people. They choose to commit these crimes. They aren’t forced like a lot of people think, they think about the cost and benefits of committing these crimes and even though after it’s finished they would not be around to get the reward for it they still do it. They want to show the government that they aren’t backing down, that the government is not helping them the way they want them to. This shows how they focus...
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...What motivate suicide bombers? Outline I. Introduction:- The driving force behind suicide attackers is not solely based on religion; in fact, it has just as much to do with revenge, humiliation, and indoctrination. II. Suicide bombers decide to take such actions as an act of vengeance III. Humiliation can play a determining factor in suicide bombings. IV. There are general misunderstandings on the motives and root causes of suicide bombings. V. The second phase of the indoctrination process is the recruitment stage. Conclusion:- The reasoning behind suicide bombings is various and wide-ranging. Many factors come in to play such as retribution, degradation, and propaganda. Terror groups justify this action as the only way to respond due to the fact they may not have sophisticated weaponry or military. The fact remains there are constantly gaining new candidates to replace every suicidal mission, which compels terrorist groups to believe it is the right action to take. Furthermore, fear, terror and death caused by suicide bomb explosions can devastate people psychologically and alter societal life Essay The idea of killing oneself for a cause is unimaginable for most people; however, for some individuals, it is a heroic act. Young men, women, and even children have taken their own lives enacting this fatalistic practice. Suicide bombers truly define the meaning of the word terror. This phenomenon is far from new to the world, in World War 2; Japanese...
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... Summary: The Logic of Suicide Terrorism As it was initially used in Lebanon in 1983, the tactic of suicide terrorism was later used in Israel and unfortunately expanded into what is now one of the most effective and deadliest tactics used to instill fear within the public. This problem has come to Israel and has been a regular security issue since its establishment there Suicide bombing is responsible for more than half of the terrorist attacks death since then. Targeting Israelis in public places where people are highly populated and killing innocent men women and children. Over the past ten years more than 750 have died as a direct result of these planned terrorist attacks. The use of suicide bombing has intensified not only in Israel but also in the U.S. , which experienced the gruesome affects of suicide bombers on September 11 2001. This outrageous action of terrorism devastated American and its defense system. Killing hundreds of innocent civilians on American soil with a airplanes. The chief spokesmen for al Qaeda went on to say after the brutal attack that “Those youths that destroyed Americans with their planes, they did a good deed. There are thousands more younger followers who looking forward to death like American look forward to living.” This statement shows the determination and willingness of those wanting to die for what in their eyes was the greater cause. The effect of these bombers has not only left the society in fear but...
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...The key research question is as follows: “What psychological motivation causes females to become suicide bombers?” Differences in motivations have been noted between various categories of terrorists. It would thus be insightful to determine the psychological factors that lead to female suicide bombing. In the past, it was always assumed that suicide bombers are unemployed men who have been indoctrinated into believing that they will receive rewards for their attacks in the afterlife by living in paradise. Therefore, the predominant profile has been: male, young, economically deprived, and religiously extreme. However, women have altered this perception because their emergence signifies shifting motivations. One’s motivation is tied to one’s...
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...the British bombing of the Germans was that it killed and destroyed too many civilians and civilian buildings. In fact, throughout the entirety of WW2, the RAF’s bombing attacks lead to around half a million deaths, with many of these being civilians or people not affiliated in the war effort. Turkish ambassadors in Berlin described the complete destruction of the city of Hamburg and how the bombing had lead to countless civilian deaths. There was controversy about these attacks at the time that has persisted to the modern day about whether or not it was ethical to bomb civilian targets specifically, as well as the effectiveness of the bombing. Even the head of British Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, felt that there was some validity to the concern that these were war crimes, suggesting that these bomber attacks were not as justified and useful as originally claimed. In fact, the strategy of area bombing that the British adopted during WWII was explicitly designed to kill as many people in these cities as possible, which consisted mainly of civilians. This is shown through the images of the destruction and death and German accounts of the slaughter. Additionally, some of the cities that were bombed had little significance to the war effort, and were supposedly bombed only in order to “reduce morale”. However there was little evidence of this having any significant impact on the German war effort, and it may even have increased the hatred for the Allies. Overall, the British...
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...lives of not only those that were signed up to run the race, but those that were watching along the route and on television. On April 15, 2013 at 2:49 p.m. two explosions occurred (Genck 3). The first explosion occurred on 671 Boylston Street, which killed Krystle Campbell (Genck 3). The second explosion occurred on 755 Boylston Street, which killed Lu Lingzi and Martin Richard (Genck 3). The explosives were placed near metal barriers which caused more injuries (Genck 3). Many people’s lives were forever changed from these explosions. A massive manhunt ensued and was simply brought to a peak when one of the perpetrators carjacked a citizen who was later able to escape and notify the police. On April 18, 2013 near midnight one of the bombers carjacked an...
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...causes of suicide (21) Suicide is the ultimate deviant act. Ending your own life deviates far from the social norm of wanting to preserve and improve your life instead of wanting to end it, so naturally sociologists want to understand what makes people want to end their own lives so that we can try to prevent it. It was only up until 1961 that suicide was made legal in the UK and it has been an extremely understudied topic up until recently due to Durkheim's study in 1897 as it was so successful that sociologists didn't think there was anything else to contribute to the topic – the fact that up until fairly recently it has been an extremely taboo subject, especially in religious countries, has also contributed to the understudying of this topic. There have been four main sociologists who have contributed to our understanding of the causes of suicide: Durkheim, who used a positivist approach and Atkinson, Taylor and Douglad who used an interpretivist approach. Durkheim was the first sociologist to study to the topic of suicide and he used a positivist approach which is strange when studying such a seemingly interpretivist and personal topic, but he did this in order to try to prove that sociology can and should be studied as a science and that we can see cause and effect by using observable patterns or regularities. Durkheim discovered and notes four regular patterns when using official suicide statistics and from this he devised explanations for the causes of suicide. Changes...
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...In the city, there's this almost 85-year-old tunnel and if you've ever been to the city you've probably used it. I, myself, have ignored my surroundings and went with the current of other commuters, but in this article ‘the tunnel’ perfectly resembles the title. It makes me take into consideration the exact reasons why a suicide bomber would select this dreadful scene as their location. In the cynical tone of the article, Wilson refers to it as if a place for penny pinchers. The pedestrians, myself included, use the tunnel to get to their next destination as soon as possible. Of course, it has been renovated a few times and art had been added, but some people are still so self-determined, they miss it completely. I think “The Revelers” are...
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...Understanding Society – SOSC 1850 Notes Lecture 1 Common Question Answers 1) Britain and US highest teenage pregnancy 2) 36% of US believe in Aliens 3) Suicides highest number of deaths 4) 60% of gun related were suicides 5) False not double stress of US that results in higher rates of suicide 6) Over 65 most suicides 7) Canada and Australia have highest kidnapping rates 8) Sweden highest rape rate 9) ¾ steal in office 10) False couples live tgt more satisfied 11) True, Womens brain are smaller 12) 11 women in legco 13) Plumber is a women 14) Margaret Thatcher did Chemistry for undergraduate Lecture 2 What is Sociology? - The big picture. * The group, culture, of organization, rather than the individual. Lots of people talk about society, but are they sociologists? No they are individualistic thinkers. They talk about individual people and cases instead of the group. Individualistic thinking at Universities: Professors award individual students with grades based on their ‘individual’ merits. What would the SOCIOLOGIST ask? Do some students have to work to earn money? Do some students have to spend time commuting to campus (no dorms!)? Do some students have family responsibilities.? Do some courses/majors have more generous grading procedures than others? Why are there more A students now than there were twenty years ago??? When and Why did sociological thinking begin? SOCRATES: “An unexamined life is not worth living...
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...Marketing Background Labatt Blue was launched in 1951. The nickname “Blue” originated in Manitoba due to the colour of the label and the company’s support of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team. – External Influences Economic Trends: The Canadian economy shrank in this year's second quarter for the first time since the end of the recession in mid-2009. Statistics Canada said gross domestic product contracted 0.4 per cent between the second and first quarters of this year, when expressed in annualized terms. That's the weakest performance since the 3.7 per cent decline seen in the second quarter of 2009. Although the recession has past and Canada has improved, the unemployment rate in Canada was last reported at 7.4 percent in November of 2011. A decline of 53,000 in part-time work was partially offset by an increase of 35,000 in full-time. Compared with a year earlier, the number of part-time workers was down 1.9% (-62,000), while full-time employment grew by 2.0% (+274,000). Social and Demographics: Marketing communications has always played a key role in creating an image to attract a target market. Budweiser and Bud Lite are popular brands in the NFL and NASCAR, and true fans will then purchase those specific brands. It becomes their brand of choice. Labatt Blue had sponsorship ties with the NHL and Canadian teams and the CFL and several teams but recently, Molson has taken over the sponsorship of The Toronto Maple Leafs, which Labatt used to have. This was...
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...The Suicide Club Different cultures have different values, beliefs and customs. But what happens when the value of life in a culture differs from others? From a western perspective, suicide terrorism may seem as a psychotic, irrational and fanatical phenomenon. However, several studies on this topic explain that psychopathology or mental illness do not play important roles. The component that triggers this phenomenon is the belief of fulfilling a higher mandate that is supported socially and idolized by the population of certain cultures. Thus, the socialization of the subject is of vital importance in the process of forming a suicide bomber. It can be said that terrorists are prone to external influences. They blame others for their failures and consequently feel hostility toward...
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...Suicide is the taking of one’s life on purpose. It is sometimes a way for people to escape pain or suffering. There are many reasons that people consider and attempt suicide. Suicidal behaviour is any action that could cause a person to die, such as taking a drug overdose or crashing a car on purpose. Suicide and suicidal behaviours is considered to usually occur in people with one or more of these, Bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, drug or alcohol use, post-traumatic stress disorder , schizophrenia and even when someone has stressful life issues such as financial or relationship problems. Not everyone that is suicidal is suicidal because of a mental illnesses. People that are suicidal are often trying to get away...
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...What is suicide? Suicide is an action of taking own life. Dryden-Edwards (2015) claimed that there are various sight of views based on different culture and religion. For instance, numerous Western cultures, and majority Judaism, Islam, and Christianity treat suicide as undesirable action. Additionally, some societies view one has suicidal ideations as consequence of psychosis and also consider as crime. However, sometimes suicides can be served as explicable or even respectable in certain conditions, such as in remonstrate to persecution like hunger strike, suicide pilots and suicide bombers as part of combat or resistance in olden days for protecting one’s country from being ruled by intruders. Killing oneself to protect the honour or safety...
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...A woman’s agency is her right to make her own choices and live the way that she decides. According to Malalai Joya’s narrative of her life in Afghanistan, women during the time period of 2000-2009 did not have much freedom to practice their own agency, even though they would undoubtedly try. Some women would continue to study and receive an education, even though they were being targeted and could get killed. Some women practiced agency by going to Joya and other political and media sources to voice the injustices inflicted upon them. However, some women took a very direct and final approach to reclaiming their own agency: suicide. Women are not given many opportunities to claim and practice their own agency, so suicide was a common way of...
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