Roots of Terror

All terrorists must be indoctrinated--indeed, brainwashed. Terrorists must totally dehumanize their victims and thus deny them the basic right to live.  Terrorists must even be taught to show no mercy to children.  Since suicide goes against the human instinct for self-preservation, special efforts need to be made to prepare individuals for suicide attacks.  Without an unshakable conviction in the merits of martyrdom and in its rewards in the afterlife, terrorists would never have undertaken the suicidal attacks of the past decade.

    Hatred’s Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism p.6