TSA Female Suicide Bombers History Overview

[The Straight Story]

Office of Law Enforcement
Federal Air Marshal Service

* 91 pages - PDF (*************NOTE: -> Some images are extremely graphic in the PDF and at the site linked to below)
* For Official Use Only
* Law Enforcement Sensitive
* October 2006

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Why Females?

* Terrorist organizations use females because:
* Like most suicide operations, it’s usually simple to plan and low costing.
* In some parts of the world, females have low social status and therefore are considered more expendable.
* Females tend to be more emotional and therefore easier to indoctrinate.
* Since bombers will most likely perish in the attack, there is little fear of them divulging information to security forces.
* Tamil “Black Tigers” carry cyanide pills just in case.
* Most are deliberately uninvolved in the planning in case of capture.
* The media coverage is extensive, especially if the attacker is female.
* Terrorists attempt to embarrass a powerful enemy and show the world that things are desperate that women are now fighting.
* Most importantly, females have the element of surprise!!
* Stealthier attack (tend to draw less attention); in fact on several occasions many female bombers spoke English & wore western clothing & makeup during the attack.
* Sensitivities in searching women (especially in conservative societies).
* Female stereotype (e.g. perceived as nonviolent, feminine, or motherly).
* Women increase the number of combatants to a groups’ depleted manpower.
* There is greater publicity for female bombers (attracts recruits).
* The psychological fear factor of the target (expect anyone can be a bomber).







(*************NOTE: -> Some images are extremely graphic in the PDF and at the site linked to below)

http://publicintelligence.net/ufouo-tsa-female-suicide-bombers-history-overview/

[RandomThoughts]

1. Unfortunetly it seems suicide is in much of pop culture.

It is in many videos, you will notice the red tag on the arm of the lady in the behind blue eyes video, the red wrist bands on the Nina 99 balloons, the bandage white ones on a Dire strait song. And in many other places like movies, the 187 clip, the Hustler movie, the ending of one of the terminator films, ending of fight club, Thelma and Louis. Although it could be a comment on not fearing death when something looks a bit difficult, not actually about suicide in some interpretations of some of those cases. But the self action is a bad thought on that topic. Some can think of it as taking a path that does not seem to have a way out, but if you think it is right, but not with hurting oneself or anyone else, but sometimes other people hurt people in those situations.


Suicide is wrong in my view, and even worse when also hurting people. I try to ignore most of that, since some of it is from interpretations I disagree with, and would rather find the better stuff in films, but unfortunately much bad gets into the clips also, and some might see that stuff that way.

The only good time I can think of where that was that was in a movie was where Robyn Williams went in to save his wife after a terrible situation like that. There is a way to see it as people thinking what you are doing is a no win situation also, that can be part of it, but suicide is wrong especially when it is used to hurt other people.

It actually fits community over individual in a philosophical view, but misses the faith and reason of there being a way to get something done without having to hurt yourself or someone else, if something tells you to hurt yourself, don't listen to it, that is not a better message in my view.

[Zax2me]

2. I think female bombers are expected now...

No longer much of a surprise. After all, how deep can their suicide pool be? You have to tap the other half of followers just to be able to have enough bomb-laced bodies/cars out there.