Saturday, April 19, 2008

What really motivates suicide bombers?

With 24 suspects still under interrogation in Paddington Green police station today we are no clearer to understanding why another group of British-born Muslims were allegedly prepared to murder innocent airline passengers.

Given our experience of 9/11, 7/7 and suicide bombing in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere though we can make a good guess at to their motives.

Reports that one suspect had already made a "martyr video" are unconfirmed today. Sadly, we've seen all too many of them from the Palestinian territories to Iraq and even from Leeds.

The jihadist, usually sitting on carpet with a AK-47 and a Koran, will praise god and family and blame western foreign policy for the mass slaughter he or she is about to undertake.

No comments: