“..I know tanks and airplanes and artillery. But I don't know the person who turns himself into a bomb. I have never met a living, breathing death machine. ..and it was important to me to speak to them face to face: to see how I would feel, to try to understand directly what causes a young man or woman in their teens to throw everything away, to go out and murder innocent people, to commit suicide.”

These were the words of former Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. He made this statement after returning from a one-on-one interview of two young suicide bombers.
One of them Arin Ahmed, a 20-year-old young Palestinian female. She was studying communications and computer programming in University before she decided to become a suicide bomber. The other, a bright teenage high school boy with very excellent grades. Both failed in their mission to carry out suicide attacks for different reasons.

Many have often wondered what motivates normal human beings especially young ones, living normal lives with bright prospects before them, suddenly turn into bombs. Bombs that have no regard for gender, children, parents, status, human visions and dream...In “normal” wars, there are rules of engagement. Even in video games!

There are several articles, studies and interviews that have sought to understand and if possible, peep into the mind of suicide bombers and to ask WHY? The obvious problem is that you cannot interview a suicide bomber who was successful in their suicide mission unless they had failed. Its not strange that sometimes bombs fail to explode. Many cluster bombs dropped during World War II didn’t go off until years later! Therefore, only those who failed in their suicide mission and the would-be suicide bombers (if you are extremely lucky as this investigative journalist to meet those already in preparation mode) are left to really ask them the big question of why?

It is a factual truth that NO ONE is born a suicide bomber. Also, factors such as religion and poverty have only but marginal influence into motivating someone to becoming a suicide bomber. The purpose of this article is embedded in the statement below;

" When a person seeks revenge or is emotionally unstable, they become the most suitable raw material for environment to mould into a finished product of its choice"

REVENGE
When Arin was asked by the Israeli Defense Minister on why she decided to become a suicide bomber, revenge was her primary motivation. “You (Israelis) killed my friend”. She was referring to her boyfriend who was killed while attempting to prepare a car bomb. To her, you killed my beloved , so I will make you pay for it. It wasn’t religion, poverty or ignorance. She was 20 years old, educated , studying communications and computer programming in a University. She was intelligent. Moreso, the thought of becoming a suicide bomber didn't pop out just like that. She had friends in school who were active members of a Jihadist movement. They will discuss within themselves and information came that recruitment into the Movement was ongoing. As she was grieving the loss of her friend, she became motivated to join the movement. She indicated interest to instantly offer herself as a suicide bomber to avenge her boyfriend’s death. Things moved very quickly and one thing led to another. She was quickly accepted, recruited and sent on a suicide mission. But something happened!

On her way to the target area she suddenly changed her mind. She ran back to her handlers who tried to convince her but her mind was already made up. Mission aborted!. She left the movement, went back home and was arrested days later after intelligence officers gathered she was a member of the Jihadist movement, Nanzim.
Fact of the issue: Her motive to become a suicide wasn’t borne out of ignorance or brainwashing as in the case of others. Hers was borne out of personal grief for the loss of her boyfriend. The thought of avenging his death by suicide bombing was sown due to her peer group’s association with a militant group that had the mechanism already laid and provided the enabling environment to carry out that threat.

In referring to environment’s influence on her, she said this “But they didn't let me think about it too much(during the process of recruitment). They pressured me and persuaded me. They told me: You'll gain a very special status among the women suicide bombers. You'll be a real heroine. It's for Jad's(her boyfriend’s) memory. You'll be reunited with him in heaven. You'll be with him in Paradise. They pushed me. They encouraged me. I did whatever they told me. They explained everything to Issam (16-year old co-suicide bomber who went on with his mission) and me. This all happened very fast and then we set out”. She didn't go through with it. Others have and still are. Their's might be revenge for cultural, national or personal humiliation. The ingredient here is Revenge!

EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
A study carried out by Tel Aviv University discovered a trend in men who had attempted to carry out suicide attacks but had failed for various reasons such as technical malfunction or capture by security forces.
The study revealed a personal characteristic pattern among the would-be suicide bombers, an inability to handle stressful situations or to endure pressure for long. They are very much susceptible to being overly dependent on higher authorities or strong ruler-ship that appeals to their personalities. This pattern is corroborated in this Boston's article which explains how a suicide bomber who was described as "depressed" by his friends after he had gone through with a suicide mission. He was supposed to detonate the bomb in a crowded restaurant but rather detonated it after locking himself in the bathroom thereby causing minimal damage. He was said to be taking antidepressants at that time. The report also stated that recruiters admitted to looking for "sad guys" for martyrdom. This clearly shows the influence of personal emotional instability in becoming a suicide bomber.

Fact of the issue: It becomes obvious that the state of mind of the individual plays a great role in making them suitable tools for the "bigger boys" to recruit. These emotionally unstable minds become ready instruments to be used by recruiters of big terrorist organizations for their own causes, whatever it may be. It is important to note that emotional instability doesn't necessarily mean mental degeneration. Lets leave that for the psychologists to decide.




When the Defense Minister was asked what relevant information did his meeting with young suicide bombers provide, he said.." the environmental factor is the key - not the socioeconomic situation, or whether they're working or unemployed, or the years of oppression and built-up frustration, or whether they're educated or not. These parameters have weight, but it is marginal. Above all, it has to do with the person's character and how susceptible he or she is to pressure and persuasion. There's an entire system with its sights set on this satanic aim. It operates entirely in order to produce human bombs. As soon as they identified him as suitable, they trapped him like a fish in a net. These suicide bombers aren't created out of nowhere. They aren't born like that. The Islamic Jihad and the Tanzim and Hamas find them. It's the most cynical and cruel exploitation of human lives, of young people's lives especially. The weak, like him, are caught





In bringing this piece to an end, it is imperative that governments, society leadership and the general community to know that suicide bombers always never act alone no matter their motives or reasons. They will always require an already established mechanism provided by terrorist organizations which provides them the enabling environment to carry out suicide missions. These organizations have a way of exploiting individuals' weaknesses (personal grief, humiliation, emotional instability, ignorance, poverty..) thereby brainwashing them into thinking that they(both the prospective suicide bomber and terrorist organizations) are fighting for the same cause.



Final Word

A suicide bomber is a member of society and is made when his or her weakness is exploited by terrorist organizations to suit their selfish cause and these organizations form the conducive environment for these isolated individuals to feed and nurture their weaknesses into something solid...a bond... stronger than self, superseding rational thinking, a force..a bomb..A Human Bomb!

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nawa o

Hian

victree007:
nawa o

its the truth. These terrorists look for those with weak minds to recruit

Hmnñnnnn! Its a natural thing. The strong will make the weak feel important and strong only just to use them to gain more power.

zikclassiq:
its the truth. These terrorists look for those with weak minds to recruit

True though. Especially those that are uneducated.

delishpot:
Hmnñnnnn! Its a natural thing. The strong will make the weak feel important and strong only just to use them to gain more power.

what's more troubling is that, the weak never ever understand that they are being used. Its a trick these terrorist organization use on the would-be suicide bombers. And it works!

zikclassiq:
what's more troubling is that, the weak never ever understand that they are being used. Its a trick these terrorist organization use on the would-be suicide bombers. And it works!

Its their state of mind. As soon as they show interest those guys feed them with BS and send them on missions before they have time to meet neutral people and get a change of heart.
Thats why they always separate those kinds of people from the public and even from other members of the group. They wont give them time or room to think. They will take them on a long psychological journey as to why death is better than life.

delishpot:


Its their state of mind. As soon as they show interest those guys feed them with BS and send them on missions before they have time to meet neutral people and get a change of heart.
Thats why they always separate those kinds of people from the public and even from other members of the group. They wont give them time or room to think. They will take them on a long psychological journey as to why death is better than life.

wow! You've just hit the nail on the head. Isolation is key in their strategy for recruitment into their ideologies.

Uncleodi:
Hian

I see your amazement. If only people can see the ploy employed by boko haram recruiters in indoctrinating them...

@Delishpot you could be a guest blogger on my blog if you so wish. Your perspective is classic.

zikclassiq:
@Delishpot you could be a guest blogger on my blog if you so wish. Your perspective is classic.

Can I have a link to your blog

delishpot:



Can I have a link to your blog

agentzico..com
Sorry it took so long

zikclassiq:
agentzico..com
Sorry it took so long

Ook. Will look it out.