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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 1 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Punishment by Death Failed Deterrent for Those Seeking Paradise
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040903 - Follow up ref SDS 1 AK5J.
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040905 - About 10 years ago HBO broadcast a movie with the title "Path to
040906 - Paradise, that dramatized weak intelligence that failed to prevent the
040907 - first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, reported in the
040908 - record on 980423 2123. ref SDS 1 MV6L  The movie ends with the main
040909 - protagonist saying there would be another attack to bring down both
040910 - towers of the World Trade Center. ref SDS 1 L75L
040912 -  ..
040913 - This threat was made good with the 2nd attack that resulted in total
040914 - destruction of both towers of the World Trade Center, reported on
040915 - 010911 1304. ref SDS 2 0001
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040918 - Research found today there is also a book with the title...
040920 -         ..
040921 -        Path to Paradise
040922 -        The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers
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040924 -        Author:  Anat Berko  Translated by Elizabeth Yuval
040925 -
040926 -            See Potomac Books, Inc...
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040929 -              http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=15659
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040932 -            Anat Berko holds a Ph.D. in criminology and served as
040933 -            lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces.  She is a
040934 -            research fellow at the International Policy Institute for
040935 -            Counter-Terrorism and also conducts research for the
040936 -            National Security Council.  She is currently a visiting
040937 -            professor at The George Washington University in
040938 -            Washington, DC.
040940 -         ..
040941 -        Published:  April 2007, Greenwood Publishing Group
040943 -         ..
040944 -        216 pages
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040947 - Reviews...
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040949 -        "This book, written by former Israeli Lietenant Colonel Anat
040950 -        Berko, is an exploration of the world of suicide bombing.  With
040951 -        unparalleled access to some of Israel's most heavily guarded
040952 -        prisons, Berko conducts interviews with suicide bombers who
040953 -        were stopped before they could carry out their attacks, and
040954 -        also with their handlers."
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040956 -        "The Path to Paradise is an astounding document, an original
040957 -        and authoritative account of the inner worlds of suicide
040958 -        bombers and their dispatchers. Dr. Anat Berko brings to her
040959 -        work a unique combination of academic expertise, and, as the
040960 -        daughter of Jewish refugees from Iraq, genuine cultural
040961 -        understanding of the world of her subjects. The depth of both
040962 -        her professional and personal knowledge of her subject make
040963 -        this book a must-read for anyone interested in the real and
040964 -        complex causes of the suicidal terror that is spreading like
040965 -        wildfire throughout the world, and of which we in the US felt
040966 -        the devastating effects on September 11th, 2001."-George P.
040967 -        Fletcher Columbia University, Author of Romantics at War:
040968 -        Glory and Guilt in the Age of Terrorism
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040971 - Another review reports...
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040973 -    1.  "Anat Berko's The Path to Paradise:  The Inner World of Suicide
040974 -        Bombers and Their Dispatchers is one of the most revealing,
040975 -        compelling and insightful books written about Palestinian
040976 -        suicide bombers and the men who dispatch them on their
040977 -        missions.
040979 -         ..
040980 -    2.  What distinguishes this book is the author's unique access to
040981 -        Palestinian prisoners who failed to carry out their suicide
040982 -        bombings or were arrested for organizing terrorist operations.
040983 -        This has enabled her to open a window into the inner world of
040984 -        these men and women..
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040987 -    3.  The book contains a wealth of information about Palestinian
040988 -        society, such as the impact of polygamous families and arranged
040989 -        marriages on the sons and daughters who decide to become
040990 -        suicide martyrs.  The Path to Paradise  is essential reading
040991 -        for understanding Palestinian suicide terrorism and the
040992 -        measures required to resolve it."
040994 -         ..
040995 -        Washington Times
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040998 - Another review reports...
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041000 -    1.  "Berko entered Israeli prisons and interviewed failed
041001 -        Palestinian suicide bombers and arrested bomb dispatchers.
041002 -        Here, she reports on those interviews, including one with the
041003 -        late Hamas leader Sheik Yassin, in order to explore the
041004 -        motivations of these figures, as well as how suicide bombing
041005 -        attacks against Israel are organized.
041007 -         ..
041008 -    2.  In much of the work, she stresses the religious aspects of the
041009 -        phenomena and downplays the political and military realities of
041010 -        the Israeli occupation. (If she is familiar with the work of
041011 -        political scientist Robert Pape whose comprehensive study of
041012 -        suicide bombings world-wide led him to conclude that there is
041013 -        little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic
041014 -        fundamentalism, or any one of the world's religions.
041016 -         ..
041017 -    3.  Rather, what nearly all suicide terrorist attacks have in
041018 -        common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel
041019 -        modern democracies to withdraw military forces from territory
041020 -        that the terrorists consider to be their homeland she does not
041021 -        reveal it."
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041024 - Another review reports...
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041026 -    1.  "Berko has written an interesting book that departs from many
041027 -        of the typical studies of suicide bombers.  Her research
041028 -        involved frequent and extensive conversations with Palestinians
041029 -        jailed by Israel for attempted suicide terrorist attacks; the
041030 -        author recounts, in some cases transcribes, these discussions.
041032 -         ..
041033 -    2.  Equally interesting is the author's emphasis on women's roles
041034 -        in suicide bombing and, more broadly, the role that gender
041035 -        plays in shaping the logic and motivation of terrorism against
041036 -        Israel.
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041039 -    3.  As always, the issue of bias in the scholarship on the
041040 -        Arab-Israeli conflict is something to consider here, as the
041041 -        author was previously a career officer in the Israeli Defense
041042 -        Forces.  However, that does not undermine the value of her
041043 -        interviews, which flesh out and reflect similar studies of
041044 -        terrorism that emphasize the role of humiliation and gender.
041046 -         ..
041047 -    4.  The book is a fascinating look at the individuals who carry out
041048 -        suicide attacks, and helps us understand the people, arguments,
041049 -        and emotions that give rise to this form of terrorism.  Highly
041050 -        recommended.  General readers, upper-division undergraduates
041051 -        through practitioners."
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