Sure, you're very likely right. I think Iraq might have been involved in the radicalisation of the bombers, but equally so could their potty training as children.
The critical factor is their probable brainwashing by what sounds much like any other destructive cult, like Aum Shinko, the People's Temple or even the Manson family.
That's why it's important to focus on the cult leaders, without them you've just got a bunch of alienated radical youth, most likely shooting their mouths off and making mistakes, who are going to be easy meat for the security boys.
So could getting whacked in the head by their mamas ala the photos earlier in the thread. Sheesh - I still can't get over that little ritual.