Re:The Guardian Deletes Osama Bin Laden's 'Letter to America'
by jameslk on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:04PM
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Well, if we're going to selectively include text from that article, I'll include this one, since what really matters is what motivates terrorism, not what's in that letter:
> Robert Pape identified 315 incidents, all but 14 of which they classified as part of 18 different campaigns. These 18 shared two elements and all but one shared a third:[61] 1) A foreign occupation; 2) by a democracy; 3) of a different religion. Mia Bloom interviewed relatives and acquaintances of suicide terrorists. Her conclusions largely support Pape's, suggesting that it is much more difficult to get people to volunteer for a suicide mission without foreign occupation.[62]
> Robert Pape identified 315 incidents, all but 14 of which they classified as part of 18 different campaigns. These 18 shared two elements and all but one shared a third:[61] 1) A foreign occupation; 2) by a democracy; 3) of a different religion. Mia Bloom interviewed relatives and acquaintances of suicide terrorists. Her conclusions largely support Pape's, suggesting that it is much more difficult to get people to volunteer for a suicide mission without foreign occupation.[62]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_a...