With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
The issue of motherhood is no longer salient. In fact, the very first female bomber for Hamas posed in her last will and testament video with her two kids. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
Women are secretaries of state and prime ministers - but people still don't expect women to be involved in violence. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to shoot a… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
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… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
“illiterate. Al Qaeda recruiters make use of their poverty, despair, resentment, and eagerness to take revenge against the American troops to recruit them.53 The… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to her family… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father,… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
The issue of motherhood is no longer salient. In fact, the very first female bomber for Hamas posed in her last will and testament… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
![“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.” quote by Mia Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/97d/mia-bloom-36242_checkpoints_when-i-was-in-sri-lanka-with-the-tamil-t_1241694.jpg)
