The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, brother, husband or even her son. Terrorism becomes a bit of a family business.
It's cheap, and you have a thinking, breathing bomb that can adjust to circumstances and cross the street to hit another target if the original one d… - Mia Bloom
It's cheap, and you have a thinking, breathing bomb that can adjust to circumstances and cross the street to hit another target if the original one d…
- Mia Bloom
I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to shoot a woman or child, even if they knew… - Mia Bloom
I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to shoot a woman or child, even if they knew…
When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping Tamil women at che… - Mia Bloom
When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping Tamil women at che…
Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention. - Mia Bloom
Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.
The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, … - Mia Bloom
The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, …
With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage. - Mia Bloom
With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage.
A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging. - Mia Bloom
A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging.
When the bombers are women - and children, which I predict we'll see more of - the terrorists get more bang for their buck, because there's more medi… - Mia Bloom
When the bombers are women - and children, which I predict we'll see more of - the terrorists get more bang for their buck, because there's more medi…
The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to her family to being a source of… - Mia Bloom
The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to her family to being a source of…
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