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Everything you know about terrorists is wrong.
by Decius at 10:44 pm EDT, Oct 12, 2003 |
] His research shows that not only are suicide terrorists
] significantly more educated than their peers, they are
] also significantly better off. According to Krueger,
] although one-third of Palestinians live in poverty, only
] 13 percent of Palestinian suicide bombers do; 57 percent
] of bombers have education beyond high school versus 15
] percent of the population of comparable age.
]
] The Defense Intelligence Agency also gave me profiles
] of all these people they were interrogating at Guantánamo
] Bay in Cuba. They divide them into Yemenis and Saudis.
] The Yemenis are sort of the foot soldiers. And they found
] that the Saudis, their leaders especially, are from
] high-status families. A surprising number have graduate
] degrees. And they are willing to give up everything. They
] give up well-paying jobs, they give up their families,
] whom they really adore, to sacrifice themselves because
] they really believe that it's the only way they're going
] to change the world. These people are not stupid, nor poor, nor desperate. While there are reasons to focus on education and poverty in places like West Bank/Gaza, the idea that its going to prevent people from deciding to become suicide terrorists is apparently wrongheaded. An interested oped on Religion in this article too... |
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RE: Everything you know about terrorists is wrong.
by Lost at 7:23 am EDT, Oct 18, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] His research shows that not only are suicide terrorists
] ] significantly more educated than their peers, they are
] ] also significantly better off. According to Krueger,
] ] although one-third of Palestinians live in poverty, only
] ] 13 percent of Palestinian suicide bombers do; 57 percent
] ] of bombers have education beyond high school versus 15
] ] percent of the population of comparable age.
] ]
] ] The Defense Intelligence Agency also gave me profiles
] ] of all these people they were interrogating at Guantánamo
] ] Bay in Cuba. They divide them into Yemenis and Saudis.
] ] The Yemenis are sort of the foot soldiers. And they found
] ] that the Saudis, their leaders especially, are from
] ] high-status families. A surprising number have graduate
] ] degrees. And they are willing to give up everything.
] They
] ] give up well-paying jobs, they give up their families,
] ] whom they really adore, to sacrifice themselves because
] ] they really believe that it's the only way they're going
] ] to change the world.
]
] These people are not stupid, nor poor, nor desperate. While
] there are reasons to focus on education and poverty in places
] like West Bank/Gaza, the idea that its going to prevent people
] from deciding to become suicide terrorists is apparently
] wrongheaded.
]
] An interested oped on Religion in this article too... http://www.discover.com/issues/oct-03/departments/featdialogue/ That is the working url. The original one broke. |
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