See also:

• Regional: Middle East: Palestinian Territory: Society and Culture: Politics: Political Parties: Hamas  (6)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya  (2)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Jihad  (7)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Qaida  (108)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Hizballah  (14)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  (4)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: PIJ - Palestine Islamic Jihad  (2)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: PKK - Kurdistan Workers' Party  (4)

How Israel Creates Suicide Bombers - - Article by Noam Chomsky spelling out the background under which Palestinians become suicide bombers.

IPCS - Program on Suicide Terrorism - - Presents articles, research papers and references on the phenomenon of suicide terrorism. From the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Understanding Suicide Terrorism - - An interdisciplinary debate on a target paper 'Genesis and Future of Suicide Terrorism' by Scott Atran.

National Review: Crossbows and Suicide Bombers - - Jonah Goldberg on calling suicide terrorist acts cowardly. (August 10, 2001)

AJCongress on Muslim Decree Allowing For Women Suicide Bombers - - Statement by American Jewish Congress Executive Director Phil Baum calling on Muslim and non-Muslim religious leaders to condemn the decree of the Saudi Arabia High Islamic Council that women can serve as suicide bombers. (August 7, 2001)

USA Today: Devotion, Desire Drive Youths to 'Martyrdom' - - Jack Kelley on the secretive world of suicide bombers and the culture that creates them, focusing on Hamas. (July 5, 2001)

FEER: Sri Lanka: Ultimate Sacrifice - - Faced with harassment and economic deprivation, young Tamils are ready to give up their lives and become martyrs of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. (June 1, 2001)

ICT: Suicide Terrorism: Development and Characteristics - - Lecture by Yoram Schweitzer on the history and groups using this tactic, with statistics. (February 21, 2001)

Christian Science Monitor: Outsmarting Suicide Terrorists - - Ehud Sprinzak discusses recent attacks and suggests counter-measures. (October 24, 2000)

Jane's Intelligence Review: Suicide Terrorism: a Global Threat - - Groups that have used this tactic, key characteristics, motiviation, operations, and state responses. (October 20, 2000)

ICT: Suicide Terrorism: an Overview - - Boaz Ganor discusses the definition of a suicide attack, how such attacks are advantageous to terrorist organizations and the perpetrator, characteristics of suicide attackers, and what can be done to stop this terrorism. (February 15, 2000)

The Scourge of Suicide Terrorism - - Article by Daniel Pipes addresses state support and sponsorship of suicide attacks and the mistaken tendency to ascribe them to Islam, fanaticism, or some other cultural trait. (June, 1986)