"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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"Frank Dresser" wrote in Are you saying,
"If
Osama bin Laden were wealthy, he wouldn't be a
terrorist?"

You get a point for the good point Frank. "But " the average person over
there is far from being a bin Laden and easily influenced by dreams of a
great afterlife if he just fights or straps some dynamite to his ass.
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The strange thing is, most recent Western terrorists, or terrorist leaders,
have had average or better wealth. Think of the Red Brigades or the
Weathermen.

While there certainly are terrorists in the poorest parts of Central and
South America, Africa and Asia, they tend to stay put and limit their
horrible crimes to their neighbors.

The suicide bomber seems fairly recent to me. I first became aware of the
tactic with the bombing of the Marine barracks Beirut. Suicide bombings
seem like a desperate, last resort tactic. Sort of like the Kamakazi pilots
of WW2.

Frank Dresser