As a tactic against military units these operations have been very ineffective. In Iraq they have been primarily aimed at creating mass casualties among non combatants. This has caused a shrinking...
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The human ordinance attacks
As a tactic against military units these operations have been very ineffective. In Iraq they have been primarily aimed at creating mass casualties among non combatants. This has caused a shrinking...
The Assassins
The Aliwhite(sp?) cult in the time of Saladin is sometimes given as a model for the modern human ordinance used in the Middle East. The origin of the word assassin is traced back to them. Perhaps...
Acts of impotence
Human bomb attacks are acts of impotence and they are rarely aimed at invading forces. The vast majority are aimed at non combatants. In Iraq the victims are almost all Shia Muslims. The recent...
Human bombs and PR
At their heart, human bomb attacks are explosive public relation events that strike at "strategic" pizza parlors and ice cream vendors. As noted above, Hezballah has moved to more effective tactical...