| | During the [[Vietnam War]], adults reportedly strapped live [[grenade]]s onto a child's body and sent him into a G.I. bar knowing that lonely American men being fond of children would be unlikely to be suspicious of a child.{{fact}} | | During the [[Vietnam War]], adults reportedly strapped live [[grenade]]s onto a child's body and sent him into a G.I. bar knowing that lonely American men being fond of children would be unlikely to be suspicious of a child.{{fact}} |
| − | Many people mistakenly believe that [[Islam]] endorses the use of suicide bombing as a tactic in warfare. Whatever the official position of different Islamic scholars on the issue, the fact remains that this practice is encouraged and widely used by Muslim terrorists waging [[Jihad]], and that the murderous homicide bombers are celebrated as [[martyr]]s by their communities. [[Iraq]]i dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] used to pay $25,000 to the families of [[Palestinian Arabs|Palestinian]] homicide bombers who attacked [[Israel]]is.<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,58871,00.html Saddam Is Sending Money to Families of Suicide Bombers] (July 27, 2002)</ref> | + | Many people mistakenly believe that [[Islam]] endorses the use of suicide bombing as a tactic in warfare. Whatever the official position of different Islamic scholars on the issue, the fact remains that this practice is encouraged and widely used by Muslim terrorists waging [[Jihad]], and that the murderous homicide bombers are celebrated as [[martyr]]s by their communities. [[Iraq]]i dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] used to pay $25,000 to the families of [[Palestinian Arabs|Palestinian]] homicide bombers who attacked [[Israel]]is.<ref>FOX News: [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,58871,00.html Saddam Is Sending Money to Families of Suicide Bombers] (July 27, 2002)</ref> |
| | The '''[[kamikaze]]''' were [[Japanese Empire|Japanese]] pilots who flew their planes into Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]] as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s. The term ''kamikaze'' is derived from the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s". | | The '''[[kamikaze]]''' were [[Japanese Empire|Japanese]] pilots who flew their planes into Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]] as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s. The term ''kamikaze'' is derived from the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s". |