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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> <ref>http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/5/2/4/0/p252406_index.html</ref>
 
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> <ref>http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/5/2/4/0/p252406_index.html</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.  
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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 term ''kamikaze'' is derived from the [[Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s".
 
The term ''kamikaze'' is derived from the [[Japanese]] name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the [[god]]s".
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