Groups that have used this tactic, key characteristics, motiviation, operations, and state responses.

Jonah Goldberg on calling suicide terrorist acts cowardly.

Statement by American Jewish Congress Executive Director Phil Baum calling on Muslim and non-Muslim religious leaders to condemn the decree of the Saudi Arabia High Islamic Council that women can serve as suicide bombers.

Jack Kelley on the secretive world of suicide bombers and the culture that creates them, focusing on Hamas.

Lecture by Yoram Schweitzer on the history and groups using this tactic, with statistics.

Boaz Ganor discusses the definition of a suicide attack, how such attacks are advantageous to terrorist organizations and the perpetrator, characteristics of suicide attackers, and what can be done to stop this terrorism.

Ehud Sprinzak discusses recent attacks and suggests counter-measures.

Article by Daniel Pipes addresses state support and sponsorship of suicide attacks and the mistaken tendency to ascribe them to Islam, fanaticism, or some other cultural trait.

Faced with harassment and economic deprivation, young Tamils are ready to give up their lives and become martyrs of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

An interdisciplinary debate on a target paper 'Genesis and Future of Suicide Terrorism' by Scott Atran.

Scott Atran investigates on social factors underlying suicide attacks and the recruitment of suicide bombers. What defenses will and won't work.

Article by Noam Chomsky spelling out the background under which Palestinians become suicide bombers.

This article, by Lori Allen, examines the reasons why individuals choose to become suicide bombers.

Presents articles, research papers and references on the phenomenon of suicide terrorism. From the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.