Robert a pave and James K, Feldman wrote a book titled, cutting the fuse, the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it on page 8, they described the book as the first complete data set of all suicide terrorist attacks around the world. From 1980 to 2009. They are research concludes with nearly all emerged from communities, resisting foreign military occupation.
From the introduction from 1980 to 2003, there were 345 completed suicide terrorists attacks by 524 suicide terrorists who actually killed themselves on a mission to kill others. Half of whom are secular. The world leader was the Tamil Tigers, a secular Hindu group who carried out more attacks than Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad pij during this period.
Further at least a third of the suicide attacks in predominantly Muslim, countries, were carried out by secular terrorist groups, such as the Kurdistan Workers Party pkk in Turkey. Instead of religion, what over 95% of all suicide terrorists attacks before 2004 had in common was a strategic, goal to compel a democratic state to withdraw combat forces that are
threatening territory. That the terrorists prize from Lebanon to Sri Lanka to the West Bank, to chechnya the central goal of every suicide terrorists. Campaign has been to resist military occupation by a democracy. The authors go on to summarize their findings. Number one, strong confirmation for the hypothesis. That military. Occupation is the main factor. Driving suicide terrorism. The stationing of foreign combat forces ground and Tactical.
Air Force units on territory that terrorists prize accounts for 87% of the over 1800 suicide terrorist attacks around the world. Since 2004 number two, strong evidence for new hypotheses about the causes of transnational suicide, terrorism dying to win Robert papes previous book. Explain that nationalism, the desire to perpetuate the local political religious and social institutions. Signs of a community.
Independent of foreign interference is the Taproot explanation for why individuals from a community facing foreign military. Occupation would undertake costly measures to defend it including in extremists suicide terrorism. It was the Hindu avowedly anti-religious Liberation Tigers of Tamil eelam ltte in Sri Lanka. Who's 157 suicide. Wrist totaled more than Hamas and all other Palestinian
suicide groups. Combined of the Palestinian suicide terrorists more than a third or from secular groups such as Alaska. Martyrs Brigade and popular front for the liberation of Palestine pflp of the suicide terrorists associated with Hezbollah in Lebanon. During the 1980s only 21% or Islamic fundamentalist while 71% were Communists. And Realists, 8% or Christians in Turkey? 100% of the pkk is suicide.
Attackers or secular overall, Islamic fundamentalism can not account for over half of the known. Affiliations of the 524 suicide terrorists from 1980 to 2003 184. But from Islamic fundamentalist groups, 35% comprising 73 Al Qaeda five. News 5 kashmiri Rebels 69 Hamas. 34 Palestinian Islamic Jihad and 236 from secular groups. 45% comprising 157 to male tigers 42, all Oscar, 22 Lebanese, 15. Pkk.
While 12 21% had unknown, ideological affiliations the authors then quote three of the alleged Saudi hijackers first Abul al-jarrah. I'll committee what is happening in Muslim countries today. Blatant occupation about which there was no doubt. There was no Duty or obligatory after Faith then to repel him, S Abu, musab Waleed, Al shehri, the occupation and deterioration. In the land of the to sanctuaries is a plot by the Jew
and the nazarenes foremost. Among them, America, may Allah destroy it, which has been among the chief causes of every Misfortune suffered by Islam and the Muslims. Thus propelling the Americans occupying, the land of the to sanctuaries is the most obligatory of obligations. Finally Hamza Al ghamdi. And I say to America. If it wants its armies and people to be safe than it must withdraw. All of its forces from Muslim lands and depart from all our countries.
If not, Let it await the men. Prepare the coffins and dig Graves for its citizens. The author's finished the introduction saying further. Notice that there are no suicide attackers from Iran. One of the largest Islamic fundamentalist populations in the world with a population greater than Iraq Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria combined.