Friday, April 4, 2008

The last days of an Al Qaeda suicide bomber

Via Long War Journal, adnkronos has a disturbing report on what Al Qaeda does to prepare a suicide bomber the last days and weeks before his attack. The account is compiled from the testimonies of several ex-terrorists with personal knowledge of Al Qaeda techniques.
"Once chosen for the suicide attack, the suicide bomber is isolated by the other mujahadeen and is kept in the dark about the plans for the attack until a few minutes before its execution," said the report.

"About three weeks before they go into action, they call their families to say goodbye," it said.

"They are then excluded from their original terror cell and join a new group composed only of aspiring suicide bombers who know that they will die soon for the cause of Jihad."

The suicide bombers do not know anything about the attack until a few minutes before they have to carry it out. In this way, they do not have the chance to change their minds or to go to the police.

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