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The Psychology Behind Suicide Bombings....
By - Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker
On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected" program discussed the July 7th London
attacks. 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.
Q - What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers," your seventh
film?
A - 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.
Q - Why is this film especially important?
A - 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 become their only
certitude.
Q - What insights did you gain from making this film? What do you know
that
other experts do not know?
A - 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.
Q - What was it like to interview would-be suicide bombers, their
families and
survivors of suicide bombings?
A - 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 goal 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.
Q - You say suicide bombers experience a moment of absolute power,
beyond
punishment. Is death the ultimate power?
A - Not death as an end, but death as a door opener 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.
Q - Is there a suicide bomber personality profile? Describe the
psychopathology.
A - 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 afterlife in Paradise.
Q - Are suicide bombers principally motivated by religious conviction?
A - 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.
Q - Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in the same way?
A - All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail
on
earth.They believe this is the only true religion and there 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 lifetime, 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.
Q - Describe the culture that manufactures suicide bombers.
A - 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.
Q - What socio-economic forces support the perpetuation of suicide
bombings?
A - 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).
Q - 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?
A - 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.
Q - Why are so many suicide bombers young men?
A - 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?
Q - What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist equation?
A - The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and third world or ex-
communist
countries. Their hands are tied. The U.N. 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 U.N. leaves a door open by not
openly
condemning terrorist organizations. In addition, through UNRWA, the
U.N. 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 U.N. 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").
Q - You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb and a smart bomb'
simultaneously. Explain what you mean.
A - 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.
Q - How can we put an end to the madness of suicide bombings and
terrorism in
general?
A - 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
Naziism.
Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler in the 1930's. We had to
defeat
him in order to make peace one day with the German people.
Q - 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?
A - Every successful terror attack is considered a victory by the
radical
Islamists. Everywhere Islam expands there is regional conflict. Right
now, there
are thousands of candidates for martyrdom lining up in training camps
in Bosnia,
Afghanistan and 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.
Have you?
Have you read?
Have you read your Bible?
Have you read your Bible today?
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