The Tamil Tigers formally institutionalized suicide bombing with glorification and recruitment
Evidence
The Tamil Tigers institutionalized suicide bombing, teaching its use formally in training camps (Weitz & Neal, 2007). The Tigers celebrated suicide bombers as heroic figures. They immortalized their first suicide bomber, memorialized on Tamil Tigers Day all those who had sacrificed their lives, and even named orphanages after suicide bombers. Recruiters glorified death in combat, telling potential recruits, “If you die fighting, you get a hero’s death. But if you die naturally, you die a coward” (Meadows, 2010). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2223
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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