Suicide Terrorism plays major roles in devastating and destructing cities and their people while communities try to fight the Global War on Terrorism. The devastation and destruction can either be focused on individuals or a certain infrastructure. There are two tactics of executing the acts of suicide terrorism; strapping explosives to their bodies and or steering some sort of transportation into a place of gathering. The methodology of this study is an auto-ethnography. The auto-ethnography is designed to find understanding of personal experiences using a qualitative method of study. Understanding the motives and mindset of suicide terrorist can be very complex. In the study, variables of political, educational, family moral and beliefs, and religion are all researched comparing to the personal experiences of what drives an individual to carry out such acts of violence. Conclusive research shows all four variables play particular roles in certain suicide terrorist acts, and some drive these actions more than others.
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