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2 Homeland Security Rev. 167 (2008)
Is Our Soul Prepared - Testing the Myth of Suicide Terrorists as the Ultimate Smart Bomb

handle is hein.journals/homlndsr2 and id is 173 raw text is: The Homeland Security Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Fall 2008). Is Our 'Soul Prepared?' Testing the Myth of Suicide Terrorists as 'The Ultimate Smart Bomb'1 JOHN A. TURES, Ph.D- Assisted by Steven Alonzo, Megan Anderson, Maryl Burke, Jack Cox, Craig Joiner, Victor Pruett, Trent Scarborough, Jessica Shaver, Stephen Spivey, Carl Straum- sheim and Trevor Tullock, LaGrange College Undergraduates.2 Introduction: Is Our Soul Prepared?3 In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the title charac- ter finds himself on a small boat, grappling with a Middle Eastern reli- gious zealot as their craft is about to be pulverized by the giant propel- ler of a larger ship. Indiana Jones threatens the man, indicating that if he does not say where his father is being imprisoned, both will die. My soul is prepared, Dr. Jones' opponent replies. How's yours? Based upon the response of Indiana Jones, the archaeologist clearly isn't ready to be a martyr just yet. Many wonder whether America is indeed able to fight the scourge of suicide terrorism against an opponent who seems more willing to die for a higher cause. This article will shed some light upon exactly when terrorists choose to employ suicide terrorism, testing a variety of hypotheses about the location, timing and lethality of such attacks. The Limits Of Induction4 For most Americans, suicide terrorism began on October 23, 1983. According to The Economist' Hizbullah's campaign of suicidal car and truck explosions-one of which killed 241 Americans in Beirut in Oc- tober 1983, 58 people died in a strike on a French barracks on the same day-changed the face of terror.6 Yet that devastating attack was not the first of its kind. A similar event occurred earlier that year at the *John A. Tures is an Associate Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College.

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