Suicide Bombers In Nigeria

what they do and to whom. Pape is trying to convey that "suicide terrorism is rising around the

In Nigeria, a student detonated himself during a school assembly. Many students were killed and many more were injured. The student was part of a group called Boko Haram. The group has been recruiting young people. The suicide by the student was part of the violent campaign to get more people recruited for Boko Haram which does not like the Nigeria's school system. The group wants Islam to be prominent in peoples lives. The social issues between Nigerian schools and Boko Haram led to the suicide bomber detonating during

Did it surprise you that suicide bombers tend not to be psychologically unstable or that they are not mainly motivated by religion? How do the facts and findings reported in this article conflict with our usual cultural understanding of terrorists and suicide bombers?

The modern day suicide bomber is effective in the sense that they do cause fear and death but is greatly overused that they rarely become news worthy. Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, the suicide bomber became all the rage and the ultimate fear of Americans. After ten years of war in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, the suicide bomber is cliché to the terrorist ideology and borderline boring and expected. Terrorists want to cause fear in a sense that causes a domino effect of destruction. Though the suicide bomber is effective, there is nothing more effective than the use of a biological attack in a crowded area. It is quiet, lethal and takes a long time to detect the source and even longer time to trace it back to a suspect. Within

I chose the August 1998 simultaneous suicide car and truck bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Tanzania because I believe that not only were the attacks a precursor of how future terrorist attacks were to be planned and executed, but it was also the first successful terrorist strike by the al-Qaeda network. The first bombing occurred at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998. The attack killed 213, injuring thousands - over 150 people blinded by flying glass. Approximately nine minutes later, the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was also bombed, killing 11 and wounding 85 (Wright, 2006). Both bombings were the result of planned attacks by al-Qaeda and with the approval of Osama Bin Laden.

The Boko Haram sect in Nigeria has been a huge problem for the country in the past, and the threat is only growing. This group is considered responsible for a handful of government attacks, targets on the United Nations, and often churches who undermine the Islamic religion. Their actions have spawned from the idea that their country is controlled by “fake Muslims”, and aim to create an Islamic nation ruled with Sharia law.

Boko Haram are motivated by a Jihadist version of Islam and is believed to be believers of the one true interpretation of the (Brinkel & Ait-Hida, 2012, p. 16). Their ultimate goal to create a true Islamic state in Nigeria directly associated with Sharia law. (Chothia, 2015, p. 5). The group has maintained their secrecy and the authorities have yet to be captured by law enforcement. Boko Haram is seen to have many basic views including their religious motivations, political downfall, and their extreme actions taken on the people of Nigeria. Boko

In the novel, The Attack, by Yasmina Khadra, the suicide bomber is a young female who appeared to be very innocent. When individuals experience an act of violence, which may put them

A Suicide Vest. A Hope to Live.” This tells the story of a boy who has fallen into a terrorist group. “He said he joined the group willingly because “I believed in Islam”” (Arango). This quote shows how innocent this child’s brain was. He was unaware of the horrible things this group was capable of, he only heard that they shared a common religion and nothing else seemed relevant in his head. Not only focusing on the child this article is about, it also shares an example of how children have been affected by this group of terrorists. “Children are seen playing with the victim’s head and mocking the corpse...” (Arango). This quote shows how much mental damage has been done to these children. Normally you would expect to be walking along the street and see innocent kids playing with basketballs, however these children have been through too much to be

Most bomb threats are received by telephone, with some received by note, letter or e-mail. All bomb threats should be taken seriously and handled as though an explosive were in the building. Although most bomb threats are hoaxes designed to cause alarm and disruption, “no call or threat should be disregarded.” Prince Williams County Police Department has the responsibility to respond to suspected bomb threats that may occur in the county. It is the goal of the police department that we protect our citizens and emergency response personnel from injury.

During the Iraq war, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the United States was introduced to suicide terrorism, which was used to threaten and exterminate the Iraqi security forces and to start a civil war amongst the Shi’i and Sunni Muslims (Hafez 2006). To dictate when a suicide attack is approaching, there are two developments that are involved: one is on the battlefield and the other in the political arena (Hafez 2006). On the battlefield, insurgents want to show their enemies and supporting audience they will not be intimidated, nor will they surrender their motives in the face of repression (Hafez 2006). In the public arena, suicidal terrorism arose “after the January 2005 elections for an assembly to draft a new Iraqi constitution, endorsement

Child suicide bombing is a big issue that is about how people are kidnapping children(mostly girls) and taping bombs onto them to blow up the area were they kidnappers want them to explode. “Of the 134 suicide bombers whose age could be determined, 60% were teenagers or children. The youngest suicide bomber identified to date was just 7 years old” CNN says. This issue is taking advantage of teenagers and others. Since the kidnappers don’t want to get caught or blown up they take children that their parents sold and strap explosives on them to do the work for them. Of course this is outrageous issue, but instead of not killing themselves they wanted to think smart and use others.As well as regularly employing women to

In 2003, a warning by the Israeli government noted that female participation in terrorism in Palestine is increasing and that “the terrorist organizations behind the attacks want to exploit the advantages of dispatching females to perpetuate them … under the assumption that a female is thought of as a soft, gentle, and innocent and therefore will arouse less suspicion that a man.” (Sjoberg and Gentry, p.1, 2011). In addition, the Israeli government outlines the roles women have played in attacks by different levels. The highest level is the suicide bomber, or the female who attempts a suicide bombing and failed. Lower level would be those females who have performed as facilitators, in both planning and perpetuating terrorist attacks. (Sjoberg,

Everyday many people lose their own lives, are critically injured, or lose loved ones to a suicide bomber. Many of these people ask themselves, from that horrific day forward, what makes a person do such an evil act. Many factors actually pertain to this matter. The research on the creation of a suicide bomber may intrigue you more than you think. Because of the prevailing warfare and terrorism in middle eastern countries, more suicide bombers are created by their corrupt society and the concealment of their own inner demons.

This article is about the mistreatment of people fleeing from Boko Haram who thought that the Nigerian soldiers would save them. As hundreds flee from Boko Haram claimed territories, Nigerian soldiers are picking them up and holding them as prisoners in detention centers, claiming to be trying to protect others from extremist claiming to be victims. This has lead to some accusations of mistreatment because these detention centers are holding men, women, and infants for months on end in unsanitary and unsafe areas. The article then explains that the Nigerian government and army are being accused of being too extreme in its persistence and ways of trying to eliminate Boko Haram. While Nigeria is struggling to handle the threat that is Boko Haram,