Suicide Killers A MUST READ
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I believe the research presented in this interview must be understood by
every American if we are to maintain support for our global war against
terrorism.
My source has personally confronted some of this thinking on the part of
a Muslim MD practicing medicine in Savannah, and he is a "moderate"
Muslim.
He epitomizes the idea that some Muslims are incapable of "seeing good
and evil as we do." It is interesting that Rehov is FRENCH!
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Interview with Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker, on the psychology
behind suicide bombings
On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected" program discussed the 7/7 London attacks
(you can see video of the segment on the linked page). One of the guests
was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on
the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian areas.
Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is based on interviews that
he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be bombers
in an attempt to find out why they do it. Pierre agreed to a request for
a Q&A interview here about his work on the new film. Many thanks to Dean
Draznin and Arlyn Riskind for helping to arrange this special interview.
What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers," your seventh film?
I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on PTSD
(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) when I became fascinated with the
personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were
described again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that
suicide bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves
up.
Why is this film especially important?
People don't understand the devastating culture behind this unbelievable
phenomenon. My film is not politically correct because it addresses the
real problem-showing the real face of Islam. It points the finger
against a culture of hatred in which the uneducated are brainwashed to a
level where their only solution in life becomes to kill themselves and
kill others in the name of a God whose word, as transmitted by other
men, has became their only certitude.
What insights did you gain from making this film? What do you know that
other experts do not know?
I came to the conclusion that we are facing a neurosis at the level of
an entire civilization. Most neuroses have in common a dramatic event,
generally linked to an unacceptable sexual behavior. In this case, we
are talking of kids living all their lives in pure frustration, with no
opportunity to experience sex, love, tenderness or even understanding
from the opposite sex. The separation between men and women in Islam is
absolute. So is contempt toward women, who are totally dominated by men.
This leads to a situation of pure anxiety, in which normal behavior is
not possible. It is no coincidence that suicide killers are mostly young
men dominated subconsciously by an overwhelming libido that they not
only cannot satisfy but are afraid of, as if it is the work of the
devil. Since Islam describes heaven as a place where everything on earth
will finally be allowed, and promises 72 virgins to those frustrated
kids, killing others and killing themselves to reach this redemption
becomes their only solution.
What was it like to interview would-be suicide bombers, their families
and survivors of suicide bombings?
It was a fascinating and a terrifying experience. You are dealing with
seemingly normal people with very nice manners who have their own logic,
which to a certain extent can make sense since they are so convinced
that what they say is true. It is like dealing with pure craziness, like
interviewing people in an asylum, since what they say, is for them, the
absolute truth. I hear a mother saying "Thank God, my son is dead." Her
son had became a shaheed, a martyr, which for her was a greater source
of pride than if he had became an engineer, a doctor or a winner of the
Nobel Prize. This system of values works completely backwards since
their interpretation of Islam worships death much more than life. You
are facing people whose only dream, only achievement is to fulfill what
they believe to be their destiny, namely to be a shaheed or the family
of a shaheed. They don't see the innocent being killed, they only see
the impure that they have to destroy.
You say suicide bombers experience a moment of absolute power, beyond
punishment. Is death the ultimate power?
Not death as an end, but death as a door open to the after life. They
are seeking the reward that God has promised them. They work for God,
the ultimate authority, above all human laws. They therefore experience
this single delusional second of absolute power, where nothing bad can
ever happen to them, since they become God's sword.
Is there a suicide bomber personality profile? Describe the
psychopathology.
Generally kids between 15 and 25 bearing a lot of complexes, generally
inferiority complexes. They must have been fed with religion. They
usually have a lack of developed personality. Usually they are
impressionable idealists. In the western world they would easily have
become drug addicts, but not criminals. Interestingly, they are not
criminals since they don't see good and evil the same way that we do. If
they had been raised in an Occidental culture, they would have hated
violence. But they constantly battle against their own death anxiety.
The only solution to this deep-seated pathology is to be willing to die
and be rewarded in the after life in Paradise.
Are suicide bombers principally motivated by religious conviction?
Yes, it is their only conviction. They don't act to gain a territory or
to find freedom or even dignity. They only follow Allah, the supreme
judge, and what He tells them to do.
Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in the same way?
All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail on
earth. They believe this is the only true religion and their is no room,
in their mind, for interpretation. The main difference between moderate
Muslims and extremists is that moderate Muslims don't think they will
see the absolute victory of Islam during their life time, therefore they
respect other beliefs. The extremists believe that the fulfillment of
the Prophecy of Islam and ruling the entire world as described in the
Koran, is for today. Each victory of Bin Laden convinces 20 million
moderate Muslims to become extremists.
Describe the culture that manufactures suicide bombers.
Oppression, lack of freedom, brain washing, organized poverty, placing
God in charge of daily life, total separation between men and women,
forbidding sex, giving women no power whatsoever, and placing men in
charge of family honor, which is mainly connected to their women's
behavior.
What socio-economic forces support the perpetuation of suicide bombings?
Muslim charity is usually a cover for supporting terrorist
organizations. But one has also to look at countries like Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia and Iran, which are also supporting the same organizations
through different networks. The ironic thing in the case of Palestinian
suicide bombers is that most of the money comes through financial
support from the Occidental world, donated to a culture that utterly
hates and rejects the West (mainly symbolized by Israel).
Is there a financial support network for the families of the suicide
bombers? If so, who is paying them and how does that affect the
decision?
There used to be a financial incentive in the days of Saddam Hussein
($25,000 per family) and Yasser Arafat (smaller amounts), but these days
are gone. It is a mistake to believe that these families would sacrifice
their children for money. Although, the children themselves who are very
attached to their families, might find in this financial support another
reason to become suicide bombers. It is like buying a life insurance
policy and then committing suicide.
Why are so many suicide bombers young men?
As discussed above, libido is paramount. Also ego, because this is a
sure way to become a hero. The shaheeds are the cowboys or the firemen
of Islam. Shaheed is a positively reinforced value in this culture. And
what kid has never dreamed of becoming a cowboy or a fireman?
What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist equation?
The UN is in the hands of Arab countries and third world or
ex-communists countries. Their hands are tied. The UN has condemned
Israel more than any other country in the world, including the regime of
Castro, Idi Amin or Kaddahfi.
By behaving this way, the UN leaves a door open by not openly condemning
terrorist organizations. In addition, through UNRWA, the UN is directly
tied to terror organizations such as Hamas, representing 65 percent of
their apparatus in the so-called Palestinian refugee camps. As a support
to Arab countries, the UN has maintained Palestinians in camps with the
hope to "return" into Israel for more than 50 years, therefore making it
impossible to settle those populations, which still live in deplorable
conditions. Four-hundred million dollars are spent every year, mainly
financed by U.S. taxes, to support 23,000 employees of UNRWA, many of
whom belong to terrorist organizations (see Congressman Eric Cantor on
this subject, and in my film "Hostages of Hatred").
You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb and a smart bomb'
simultaneously. Explain what you mean.
Unlike an electronic device, a suicide killer has until the last second
the capacity to change his mind. In reality, he is nothing but a
platform representing interests which are not his, but he doesn't know
it.
How can we put an end to the madness of suicide bombings and terrorism
in general?
Stop being politically correct and stop believing that this culture is a
victim of ours. Radical Islamism today is nothing but a new form of
Nazism. Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler in the 1930s. We
had to defeat him in order to make peace one day with the German people.
Are these men traveling outside their native areas in large numbers?
Based on your research, would you predict that we are beginning to see a
new wave of suicide bombings outside the Middle East?
Every successful terror attack is considered a victory by the radical
Islamists. Everywhere Islam is expands there is regional conflict. Right
now, their are thousands of candidates for martyrdom lining up in
training camps in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Inside Europe, hundreds
of illegal mosques are preparing the next step of brain washing to lost
young men who cannot find a satisfying identity in the Occidental world.
Israel is much more prepared for this than the rest of the world will
ever be. Yes, there will be more suicide killings in Europe and the U.S.
Sadly, this is only the beginning.
Those who kneel before G-d can stand before anyone! Pray for the safety
of BneiYisrael and Eretz Yisrael and for G-d's Shalom for Yerushalayim !
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interesting alex, just the other day i was trying to remeber the documentary about the first time the world trade center was attacked, what is really shocking is finding out after the fact how much we did/didn't know[:@]
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things are more like right now than they've ever been
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James
There's a self appointed Christian Prophet teaching kids to kill in Africa too.
Dateline" traveled to Northern Uganda to report on "night commuters:" tens of thousands of children forced to hide in the night to escape being killed or abducted by rebels. If captured by the rebels, these children of war are torn from their families and forced to become soldiers under the maniacal leadership of Joseph Kony. Who is he? And why is his reign of terror unknown to most people in the world?
Around northern Uganda, little children who don"t find a safe place at night are in danger. And so are adults. People who are found by the rebels can be burnt to death, or beyond recognition. Body parts are cut off " noses, lips, ears, fingers.
Jan Egeland is the United Nation"s head of disaster relief. He"s seen it all. But nothing like this. "His is terror like no other terror," he says. "I"ve been in a hundred countries. I"ve been working with human rights, peace, and humanitarian problems for 25 years. I was shocked to my bones, seeing what happened in Uganda. For me, this is one of the biggest scandals of our time and generation."
The root of this trauma is a civil war that has raged for 19 years in northern Uganda, almost unnoticed by the rest of the world.
What makes this stand out from other wars is that it is being fought with children. Children stolen from their families are forced to become soldiers. At the age of 8, or 10 or 12, children forced to kill. Joseph Kony: 'Worst of the worst' Who steals the souls of children?
His name is Joseph Kony. He imagines he"s a reincarnation of Jesus and calls his group "The Lord"s Resistance Army." With virtually no popular support, he has increasingly resorted to abducting children to fight for him" against not only government forces but his own civilian people. His army has stolen as many as 30,000 innocent kids since the war began.
He is anything but a defender of the people. He terrorizes."Your nose will be cut off together with your ears and in the end the sword will kill you. Your children will be taken into captivity and they will be burnt to death," he says on video tapes.
His maniacal rants are more than empty threats. Listen to what these kids say they were forced to do:
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Patrick: There was a boy who could not walk anymore because he was too thirsty. So they made us kill him with a club.[/blockquote]
Attempting to escape is dangerous.
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Patrick: If you are captured trying to escape, you will be beaten or killed.[/blockquote]
Girls are no exception. They are forced to fight. Or, something else" become sex slaves for the rebels.
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Jennifer: They gathered all the girls aged 13 years and above. They then distributed us to the commanders as their wives.[/blockquote]
Some of them are lucky, they escape, now in recovery centers like this. But you can see the damage in their eyes. It's in the pictures they draw, that the horror at the hands of Kony comes back to life.
"He knows how to instill utter fear," says Egeland. "But he also knows how to make them believe that he has some kind of a mission."
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Keith Morrison: Almost a supernatural power?
Jan Egeland: Yes.
Morrison: Where does Kony fit in the in the sort of pantheon of evil people?
Egeland: I think Kony is among the worst. [/blockquote]
Among the worst because Kony preys on children" they"re easier to indoctrinate, control, have them commit atrocities.
Read the rest of the story here.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9006024/
Radical Islamis a problem but so is any lunatic fringe religion. I know your going to say this guy in Africa isn't a real Christian but then try and paint all the 1.5 billion Muslims as extremists.
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Kinda confirms what i been hearing,plenty of muslim extremists all over the globe & those willing to support them in there holey war.
Guess they gota do something when there not killing each other.
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Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was. ~Will Rogers
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
"Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's 'bold new imaginative program' with its proper age?" "Under the tousled boyish haircut it is still old Karl Marxfirst launched a century ago.
There is nothing new in the idea of a government being Big Brother to us all. R.Reagan-1960
Suicide Killers, A haunting read
