Ido Levy references analysis done by CNS Fellow Assaf Moghadam, The most convincing explanation is that suicide terrorism exploits a transnational ideological reverence for martyrdom. Assaf Moghadam outlines this theory in his analysis of the “globalization of martyrdom,” in which he shows suicide bombing has, at times, led to alienation of local populations, as with suicide attacks by al-Qaeda that have killed Iraqis during the Iraq War.”
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