Suicide Bombers as Modern Divine Wind

"Sheftall's Paradigm", David Meadows, Military.com, 26 Sept 05

Someone compares today's "fighting by death" terrorists to "fighting to the death" Kamikazes of Japan.

"Despite the obvious differences between Islamic suicide bombers and Japanese kamikazes that I t ake pains to delineate and emphasize in my book , I do also think that there are crucial parallels between the Japanese and current Al Qaeda (et al) programs." Column - Book:  \"Blossoms in the Wind\" - Permalink

(updated 4 Oct 05)