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May 30, 2005
The 'Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism'
Robert A. Pape, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, writing in a May 18, 2005 Op-Ed article in The New York Times, repeated an important observation about terrorism that I think Americans would do well to ponder. He made the same argument in "Dying to Kill Us," which was published in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times on September 22, 2003. In his latest Op-Ed article, he said, in part: Many people are mystified by the recent rise in the number and the audacity of suicide attacks in Iraq. The lull in violence after January's successful elections seemed to suggest that the march of democracy was trampling the threat of terrorism.But as electoral politics is taking root, the Iraqi insurgency and suicide terrorism are actually gaining momentum. In the past two weeks, suicide attackers have killed more than 420 Iraqis working with the United States and its allies. There were 20 such incidents in 2003, nearly 50 in 2004, and they are on pace to set a new record this year.
Mr. Pape added: "To make sense of this apparent contradiction, one has to understand the strategic logic of suicide terrorism. Since Muslim terrorists professing religious motives have perpetrated many of the attacks, it might seem obvious that Islamic fundamentalism is the central cause, and thus the wholesale transformation of Muslim societies into secular democracies, even at the barrel of a gun, is the obvious solution. However, the presumed connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism is misleading, and it may spur American policies that are likely to worsen the situation." Read 'Blowing Up An Assumption" to understand why.
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 30, 2005 04:05 PM
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