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Article: Hezbollah's employment suicide bombing during the 1980s: the theological, political, and operational development of a new tactic.(1st Place DePuy Writing Competition)
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- Military Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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The shahid (martyr) can be compared to a candle whose job it is to burn out and get extinguished in order to shed light for the benefit of others. The shahada (martyrs) are the candles of society. They burn themselves out and illuminate society. If they do not shed their light, no organization can shine.
--Iranian Ayatollah Morteza Mutaharri (1)
Civilization does not mean that you face a rocket with a stick or a jet-fighter with a kite, or a warship with a sailboat ...
One must face force with equal or superior force. If it is legitimate to defend self and land and destiny, then all means of self-defense are legitimate.
--Lebanese ...