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A '''Homicide Bomber''' is a person who straps explosives to his body and detonates them in a crowded place, combining the heinous [[sin]]s of [[suicide]] and [[mass murder]]. Homicide bombers are [[terrorists]] who kill innocent people by means of explosives secretly carried on their persons, knowing that they will be killed in the attack.  The [[liberal media]] improperly refers to these people as "[[suicide bomber]]s" although their intent is to murder others, not to commit suicide. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2604119.ece Suicide bombers head to Iraq from Damascus], ''Times Online'', October 7, 2007</ref>
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The typical homicide bomber is a young man, although in a few cases women<ref>About 30% of the suicide operations in Sri Lanka have been conducted by women.[http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml Suicide terrorism: a global threat]  - Jane's Intelligence Review </ref>
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or teenagers have been goaded into doing this (see [[honor killing]]). Sometimes the homicide bomber drives a truck or other vehicle containing a more deadly load of explosives. Airplanes have been used (see Kamikaze below; also [[9/11]]).
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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>
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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>
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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 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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==References==
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[[Category: Terrorism]]
 
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