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The globalization of martyrdom Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks

"This groundbreaking volume examines the rise and spread of suicide attacks over the past decade. Sorting through 1,270 terror strikes between 1981 and 2007, Assaf Moghadam attributes their recent proliferation to the mutually related ascendance of al Qaeda and its guiding ideology, Salafi Jiha...

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Main Author: Moghadam, Assaf 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
Subjects:
Moghadam, Assaf > 1974-
Qaida (Organization)
Terrorism
Suicide > Political aspects
Suicide bombings
Jihad
Terrorism > religious aspects > islam
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The global proliferation of suicide missions
  • Al Qaeda and the primacy of suicide attacks
  • Salafi Jihad and the veneration of martyrdom
  • From Al Qaeda to global jihad
  • Suicide missions from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan
  • The United Kingdom and the 7/7 bombings
  • The rise of suicide attacks in Iraq

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