TEL AVIV — Despite Al Qaida's campaign in Iraq, Palestinians continue to lead the world in suicide bombings.
A report by Tel Aviv University said Palestinians lead other groups worldwide in suicide bombers. Authored by Yoram Schweitzer and Sari Goldstein Ferber, the study cited 400 Palestinian suicide bombers compared to 376 Iraqi suicide attackers, Middle East Newsline reported. "Suicide attacks came to be seen as one of the most effective means at the disposal of leaders of terrorist groups striving to achieve their political goals," the report said.
No question that's true. It's because of the splodydopes that the Paleos have driven the Jooos into the sea and have retaken their grandfathers' mansions in Haifa ... | The report said more than 1,323 suicide operatives worldwide conducted or attempted strikes from 1983 to mid-September 2005. Thirty groups have carried out suicide strikes, which the report said were pioneered by Hizbullah in Lebanon in the early 1980s.
Another reason to hate the rat bastards. | The Iraqi suicide strikers were followed by 265 Sri Lankan attackers. The report said 108 Al Qaida operatives conducted suicide strikes, followed by 107 Chechens. Fifty Lebanese and 17 Turks also carried out suicide attacks. "The capacity of a suicide attack to inflict mass casualties and immense destruction endowed its perpetrators with an aura of power that far exceeded their actual strength," the report, entitled Al Qaida and the Internationalization of Suicide Terrorism," said. "This was true first and foremost of Hizbullah, a pioneer in the use of suicide terrorism."
Al Qaida and its affiliates have usually employed more than one suicide attacker, the report said. In some cases, the attacks used groups of suicide operatives. |