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Data show suicide bombers young, well educated [in hating Jews]
Jerusalem Post ^
| Aug. 14, 2003
| THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
Posted on 08/14/2003 4:26:22 AM PDT by yonif

Data show suicide bombers young, well educated
The Jerusalem Post Internet Staff |
Aug. 14, 2003 |
Since 1993, 303 suicide bombers have launched themselves against Israeli targets. Of that total, 242, or 80 percent, have come since September 2000, according to data released this week by security sources.
Of the total launched, 167, or 55 percent, completed their efforts to kill themselves and others. In the first seven years of suicide bombing, 70 percent of attempts were successful. Since September 2000, despite a far higher rate of attack, only 51 percent have succeeded.
The vast majority of suicide bombers since 2000 were single (87 percent), and young (76 percent between 17-23).
A total of 38 percent of the 2000-2003 suicide bombers had university educations, and 47 percent had high school educations. In comparison, only 5.3 percent of the Palestinian population aged 19 and above was enrolled in vocational education, community colleges or universities in 2000, according to the United Nations Development Program.
Here are the data:
Organization
- Hamas: 89
- Islamic Jihad: 59
- Fatah: 58
- PFLP: 8
From 1993-2000
- Hamas: 41
- Islamic Jihad: 20
Completion Rate
- 1993-2000: 70 percent (43 of 61)
- 2000-2003: 51 percent (121 of 242)
The following data cover the period of 2000-2003 only:
Location of bomber
- West Bank: 181
- Gaza Strip: 25
Status
- Single: 202
- Married: 29
Age Range
- 17-23: 179
- 24-48: 57
Education level
- Elementary school: 25
- High school: 78
- Higher education: 63
Details of terrorist attacks and prevented terrorist attacks in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Israeli home front since the declaration of the June 29, 2003 cease-fire:
Killed
- Israelis: 5
- Foreign Nationals: 1
- Civilians Injured: 28
Attacks
- Total: 180
- Shooting: 120
- Gaza: 100
- West Bank: 78
- West Bank (in six weeks before cease-fire): 97
- Prevented: 40
- Arrested: More than 200
The last six fatal terrorist attacks resulting in the death of civilians:
- June 30: Palestinian shooting attack on a truck near Jenin, killing a foreign national from Bulgaria.
- July 7: Suicide bombing in Kfar Yabetz in which an Israeli civilian was killed. An Islamic Jihad operative from the West Bank carried out the attack.
- July 15: A stabbing attack on the Jaffa boardwalk, in which an Israeli civilian was killed and an additional civilian injured. Fatah members carried out the attack.
- July 28: Discovery of the corpse of IDF soldier Oleg Shaihat, in an olive grove near Kfar Kana. The incident is under investigation.
- Aug. 12: Terrorist attack at a gas station at the entrance to Ariel. One Israeli civilian was killed and three were injured.
- Aug. 12: Suicide bombing in Rosh Ha'ayin mall, in which an Israeli civilian was killed and nine people injured.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cultureofhate; education; hudna; israel; ploterrorregime; roadmap; waronterrorism
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:26:23 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; adam_az; LarryM; American in Israel; ReligionofMassDestruction; ...
Ping.
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:26:46 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
What % are supported by Colin Powell and his minions
in the House of Saud and its US State Dept.?



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posted on
08/14/2003 4:46:22 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: yonif
Data show suicide bombers young, well educated Some of the finest idiots have university educations.
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:47:32 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: yonif
"Educated" so well...their brains exploded.
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:53:45 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: PGalt
"Very stupid" educated people!!!
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posted on
08/14/2003 5:00:30 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
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