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WAR IS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS AIMS, WHEN IT FAILS IS SUICIDE BOMBING THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION LEFT TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS?

Suicide bombing is the crack cocaine of warfare. It does not just inflict death and terror on its victims, it intoxicates the people who sponsor it. It unleashes the deepest and most addictive human passions__the thirst for revenge, the desire for religious purity, the longing for earthly glory and eternal salvation. Suicide bombing is not just a tactic in a larger war: it overwhelms the political goals it is meant to serve. It creates its own logic and transforms the culture of those who employ it.
Who is not familiar with the term Suicide Bombing, a bomb attack on people or property, delivered by a person who knows the explosion will cause his own death. The Arab press generally refers to a suicide bomber as a “Human Bomb”. The Bush administration briefly tried to get journalists to use the term “Homicide Bombing” but it did not gain currency.
Suicide bombing usually but not always targets poorly-guarded nonmilitary facilities and personnel. It can be a military tactic, a p...

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