Suicide Terror

Dealing with Suicide Terror

• ABC News: “Why Insurgents Seek Victory by Suicide Bomb,” May 22, 2005.
• Suicide Attack
• USAF: Suicide Bombers Intelligence Brief. (2003).  [brief PowerPoint presentation]
• Rehov, P. Middle East Documentaries. [Suicide Killers trailer]
• ManyRiversFilms: “Cult of the Suicide Bomber” [ trailer – 3min.]
• Yawanarajah, N. & J. Ouellet. (2003). “What are Peace Agreements?” Beyond Intractability. Guy Burgess & Heidi Burgess (eds.). Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. [resources on peace agreements + spoilers]
• Atran, S. (2004). “Mishandling of Suicide Terrorism” The Washington Quarterly 27(3): 67-90.
• Atran, S. (2006). “The Moral Logic and Growth of Suicide Terrorism” The Washington Quarterly 29(2): 127-147.
• Pape, R.A. (2006). “Dying to win: why suicide terrorists do it,” Aug. 2006. [book excerpt]
• Bloom, M.M. (2005). “Mother. Daughter. Sister. Bomber.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 61(6): 54-62.
• Bloom, M.M. (2005). Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror. Columbia University Press.
• HRW (Human Rights Watch):“Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians,” Human Rights Watch, 2002.
• Shuman, E. (2001). “What makes suicide bombers tick?” IsraelInsider June 4.
• MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute): Islamist Websites Monitor Project Bloom, M.M. (2004).
• “Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Support, Market Share, and Outbidding” Political Science Quarterly 119(1): 61-88.
• Pape, R.A. (2003). “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism” American Political Science Review 97(3): 1-19.
• “Bee for bomb disposal,” AlJazeera Nov. 28, 2006.
• “Technology cannot stop suicide bombers,” New Scientist 2507. July 9, 2005.
• Bond, M. “Turning ordinary people into suicide bombers,” New Scientist 2509. July 23, 2005.
• Bond, M. “The making of a suicide bomber,” New Scientist 2447. May 15, 2004.
• Patkin, T.T. (2004). “Explosive Baggage: Female Palestinian suicide bombers and the rhetoric of emotion” Women and Language 27(2): 79-88.