Suicide Bombers: Heroes?
" 'These kids believe they are going to be heroes by becoming bombers,' "
- Greg Myre, journalist for the New York Times
Some people interpret their religion similarly to the Peoples’ Temple Cult, with the same end intention: to die. Suicide bombers in the Middle East have been an active part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and some are as young as fifteen years old. Greg Myre, a journalist for the New York Times, writes, “When teenage suicide bombers began emerging from Nablus last fall, Israeli and Palestinian leaders expressed concern that Palestinian factions were cynically exploiting the youths.” The teenagers believe that being a suicide bomber is fulfilling the will of their God; therefore, they strap bombs to themselves and commit murder and suicide in one fatal blow.
