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Failed Missions, Unfailing Resolve


(Washington Post) Kathy Blumenstock- In "Suicide Bombers," PBS offers interviews with three failed Palestinian suicide bombers, all now sitting in Israeli prisons. Becoming a shahid - a martyr for the cause of Islam - involves a dark ideology "that offers benefits that are quite significant to their extended families," said Tom Roberts, who wrote and directed the documentary. "If you do become a shahid, then 70 members of your family will get access to paradise. So if you blow yourself up, they all get in."
2004-07-02 00:00:00
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