Authors from the first group consider suicide terrorism as a pure product of good leader organization lead by political goal.

A big test is taking place of whether suicide terrorism can succeed as a strategy for liberation.

There was no suicide terrorism from 1945 to 1980 (13-14).

"At bottom, suicide terrorism is a strategy for national liberation from foreign military occupation by a democratic state" (45).

The data show that there is far less of a connection between suicide terrorism and religious fundamentalism than most people think.

This is fully consistent with what we now know about the strategic logic of suicide terrorism.

Some have wondered if the rise of suicide terrorism in Iraq is really such a bad thing for American security.

The suicide terrorism - there have been 66 such attacks since last September, the army said this week - has altered people's lives.

That fear of suicide terrorism, says Friedman, is "the most important political fact in Israel today."

However, one study suggests that suicide terrorism may be an exception to this general rule.