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I may be wrong, but I believe it's so the suicide bomber can't back out at the last minute. They have a spotter that makes sure they're in position then blows t

I may be wrong, but I believe it's so the suicide bomber can't back out at the last minute. They have a spotter that makes sure they're in position then blows them up.

code_devil 16y ago
Or maybe they were not suicide bombers. They were just terrorists trying to leave the cell phone at the target location and then send a SMS to it.
ams6110 16y ago
They also sometimes use people who don't know what's going on as the carrier (e.g. children).
alanfalcon 16y ago
Then you just set the phone to not vibrate when you chicken out, right?
cryptoz 16y ago
I might be missing something, but if that's the case then you can't call them suicide bombers! If they are not actually the ones in control of their own death, it's not suicide.
- hugh3 16y ago
  I don't think so -- if you choose to strap a bomb to yourself which you know someone else will detonate, then it's suicide. I am, however, with Fox News on disliking the terminology "suicide bomber" just because it puts the emphasis on the death of the murderer rather than the innocent folks whom he murders. The suicide aspect is really the least important aspect of the act.
  - Someone 16y ago
    if you choose to strap a bomb to yourself which you know someone else will detonate, then it's suicide. I wish things were that simple. There are several variations that makes this logic less convincing, from social pressure ('all families must make sacrifices') to outright catch-22 ('if you do not do it, we will kill you and your family'). Especially in the latter case, I wouldn't call this suicide.
- raleec 16y ago
  Then it becomes Assisted Suicide....
  - angstrom 16y ago
    I'm good with euthanasia and all, but go practice this in an uncrowded field if that's going to be the method of dispatch.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  Charles Darwin would have something clever to say about this...
ebzlo 16y ago
If they were caught before they could manually set it off, there is a chance they could be restrained.

I may be wrong, but I believe it's so the suicide bomber can't back out at the last minute. They have a spotter that makes sure they're in position then blows them up.

code_devil 16y ago

Or maybe they were not suicide bombers. They were just terrorists trying to leave the cell phone at the target location and then send a SMS to it.

ams6110 16y ago

They also sometimes use people who don't know what's going on as the carrier (e.g. children).

alanfalcon 16y ago

Then you just set the phone to not vibrate when you chicken out, right?

cryptoz 16y ago

I might be missing something, but if that's the case then you can't call them suicide bombers! If they are not actually the ones in control of their own death, it's not suicide.

hugh3 16y ago
I don't think so -- if you choose to strap a bomb to yourself which you know someone else will detonate, then it's suicide. I am, however, with Fox News on disliking the terminology "suicide bomber" just because it puts the emphasis on the death of the murderer rather than the innocent folks whom he murders. The suicide aspect is really the least important aspect of the act.
- Someone 16y ago
  if you choose to strap a bomb to yourself which you know someone else will detonate, then it's suicide. I wish things were that simple. There are several variations that makes this logic less convincing, from social pressure ('all families must make sacrifices') to outright catch-22 ('if you do not do it, we will kill you and your family'). Especially in the latter case, I wouldn't call this suicide.
raleec 16y ago
Then it becomes Assisted Suicide....
- angstrom 16y ago
  I'm good with euthanasia and all, but go practice this in an uncrowded field if that's going to be the method of dispatch.
rbanffy 16y ago
Charles Darwin would have something clever to say about this...

ebzlo 16y ago

If they were caught before they could manually set it off, there is a chance they could be restrained.