Mia Bloom
Mia Bloom
Mia M. Bloomis a Canadian academic and author. She is a professor of Communication at Georgia State University. She was formerly an associate Professor of International Studies at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park and a fellow at the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State...
sri-lanka creating soldier
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 checkpoints because they were just creating more operatives. The [Tigers] were cognizant of this and exploited it: "Don't be a victim, join the movement.
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That they would attack again soon after 9/11 was our expectation, not their expectation. If they wanted to send a guy into Wal-Mart with an AK-47, they could have a long time ago. But usually they wait until they can do something shocking, maybe three or four simultaneous attacks. You need time to do that.
franchise
The old centralized al-Qaeda is gone. It's become more like a franchise operation.
means messed
if it means that if there's another attack, we were just unlucky. If there's another attack, it means we messed up.
accurate against anyone criminal learn profile tells terrorists trying
There is no accurate criminal profile for them. Anyone who tells you differently is trying to get on TV. And if we had a profile, the terrorists would learn about it and use it against us.
community deal great met next people taking
hotbeds of dissent. But they're not taking it to the next level. When a rabble-rouser comes to a mosque, he's met with a great deal of resistance. People in that community say (to the authorities), 'Please come get this person.'
pride culture action
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 pride in a culture of martyrdom.
men use sagging
A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging.
media attention attractive
Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.
successful bombers target
With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage.
thinking breathing looks
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 doesn't look good.
children media bombers
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 media attention.
suicide children iraq
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 the person was a suicide bomber.
europe violence common
Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.