Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A suicide attack is a violent attack in which the attacker intends to destroy property or kill other people and expects to die in the process. Between 1981 and 2006, 1200 suicide attacks occurred around the world, constituting 4% of all terrorist attacks and causing 32% (14,599 people) of all terrorism-related deaths. Ninety per cent of those attacks occurred in Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Its primary use is as a weapon of psychological warfare intended to affect a larger public audience.Suicide attacks have occurred throughout history. In modern times they have included the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II and September 11 airliner hijackings of 2001. More recently, the number of suicide attacks has grown significantly, from an average of less than five a year in the 1980s to 180 a year in 2001-2005, primarily due to bombings in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion.The motivation of suicide attackers varies. Kamikaze acted under military orders. Analyst Robert Pape states that 90% of attacks in Iraq prior to the Civil War were aimed at forcing out occupying forces. Anthropologist Scott Atran states that since 2004 the overwhelming majority of bombers have been motivated by the ideology of Islamist martyrdom."@en }
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- Suicide_attack abstract "A suicide attack is a violent attack in which the attacker intends to destroy property or kill other people and expects to die in the process. Between 1981 and 2006, 1200 suicide attacks occurred around the world, constituting 4% of all terrorist attacks and causing 32% (14,599 people) of all terrorism-related deaths. Ninety per cent of those attacks occurred in Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Its primary use is as a weapon of psychological warfare intended to affect a larger public audience.Suicide attacks have occurred throughout history. In modern times they have included the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II and September 11 airliner hijackings of 2001. More recently, the number of suicide attacks has grown significantly, from an average of less than five a year in the 1980s to 180 a year in 2001-2005, primarily due to bombings in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion.The motivation of suicide attackers varies. Kamikaze acted under military orders. Analyst Robert Pape states that 90% of attacks in Iraq prior to the Civil War were aimed at forcing out occupying forces. Anthropologist Scott Atran states that since 2004 the overwhelming majority of bombers have been motivated by the ideology of Islamist martyrdom.".