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Portrait of the Suicide Bomber as a Young Man

US military's profile reveals alienation, anger

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2008 11:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – The people carrying out suicide bombings in Iraq are overwhelmingly young men from other countries who grew up in large, poor families, the LA Times reports. After interrogating four dozen men taken into custody over 4 months, the American military has drafted a profile of... Read full story »

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