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Why don't suicide bombers include their family in their undertakings?

Asked by mammal (9431points) September 9th, 2010

Wife, kids, sisters, mum and dad, wouldn’t that offer better cover too, make people less suspicious?

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chyna's avatar

Perhaps they won’t get the 70 virgins if they take their own family.

mammal's avatar

@chyna i was wondering that, would that be a bit uncomfortable if your whole family were up their in Paradise too….watching you?

Seaofclouds's avatar

They do. Here’s a few stories about them using children and training their children to be suicide bombers. Here’s a few stories about female suicide bombers.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Some do – the rest obviously consider women and children and the elderly to be useless.

wgallios's avatar

Many suicide bombers do it for money, protection, or whatever for their families. They give their life so their families will have something. So if the whole family dies, well then it kinda loses the point.

YoBob's avatar

Well, a high IQ isn’t exactly a pre-requisite for the job.

Austinlad's avatar

Nothing about suicide bombing makes any sense to me.

AmWiser's avatar

They have to leave someone behind who actually believes they are a martyr or remember they were a complete idiot.

HungryGuy's avatar

Because it’s an irrational and illogical and evil act to take the lives of innocent people who have nothing to do with the suicide bomber’s cause. Therefore it makes no sense to expect irrational an illogical and evil people to behave in rational and logical ways otherwise.

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