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The action of homicide bombers was best summed up by [[John Ashcroft]] in a 2002 interview with the [[LA Times]]:  "[[Islam]] is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for Him. [[Christianity]] is a faith in which God sends His son to die for you."<ref>Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2002</ref>
 
The action of homicide bombers was best summed up by [[John Ashcroft]] in a 2002 interview with the [[LA Times]]:  "[[Islam]] is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for Him. [[Christianity]] is a faith in which God sends His son to die for you."<ref>Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2002</ref>
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In a hideous variation of this crime, adults reportedly strapped live grenades onto a child's body and sent him into a G.I. bar in Viet Nam, knowing that lonely American men being fond of children would be unlikely to be suspicious of a child.{{fact}} The [[Irish Republican Army]] ([[IRA]]) for a time forced captives to drive primed bomb-laden vehicles into security force checkpoints having taken the unwilling bombers' families hostage.{{fact}}
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In a hideous variation of this crime, adults reportedly strapped live grenades onto a child's body and sent him into a G.I. bar in Viet Nam, knowing that lonely American men being fond of children would be unlikely to be suspicious of a child.{{fact}} The [[Irish Republican Army]] ([[IRA]]) for a time forced captives to drive primed bomb-laden vehicles into security force checkpoints having taken the unwilling bombers' families hostage<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DD1339F936A15753C1A966958260</ref>
 
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The '''kamikaze''' were Japanese pilots who flew their planes into Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]] as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s.  
 
The '''kamikaze''' were Japanese pilots who flew their planes into Allied naval vessels in [[World War II]] as a human substitute for [[guided missile]]s.  
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