My observation of suicide cults is that they only work when the dupes are more-or-less voluntary.

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ebnelson — 5/4/2002 3:54:11 PM (archived)

There has been no coercion of the level Debka has reported.
Except for some back ground general pieces, I find Debka less credible than anything else on the Israeli side of the conflict.
Ed

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Another DEBKAfile speculation - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2002 3:04:04 PM
- Guess what? - Bowser - 5/4/2002 3:13:27 PM
  - Israeli soldiers killed a Hamas terrorist involved in the Netanya Seder massacre - Matt Burley - 5/4/2002 5:01:27 PM
    - You must be right. - Bowser - 5/4/2002 6:10:10 PM
      - If you've got anything sensible to say on the raid, please post it. n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 5/5/2002 6:31:45 PM
        
        It gets worse. - Bowser - 5/5/2002 11:01:06 AM
  - So, who told you it was under no provokation? And why did you believe it? - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2002 4:51:05 PM
    - In this case, it was the Israelis who said they were retaliating for suicide bombers. - Bowser - 5/4/2002 5:37:01 PM
  - My observation of suicide cults is that they only work when the dupes are more-or-less voluntary. - ebnelson - 5/4/2002 3:54:11 PM
    - Well, then, that's their problem, isn't it. - Bowser - 5/4/2002 4:12:28 PM
      - Would you be willing to risk your children waiting for a death cult to "work itself out"? Ñ (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/5/2002 7:09:16 PM
        
        What? - Bowser - 5/5/2002 3:08:30 PM
        
        The death cult is the Palestinian suicide bomber movement. - ebnelson - 5/5/2002 4:43:34 PM

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