Talk:Suicide attack

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Suicide attack article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the subject of the article.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Auto-archiving period: 3 months

The subject of this article is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless. Feel free to try to improve the article, but don't take it personally if your changes are reversed; instead, use the talk page to discuss them. Content must be written from a neutral point of view. Include citations when adding content and consider tagging or removing unsourced information.

This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Military history: Technology / Weaponry This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions. This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status: Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met Associated task forces: /  Military science, technology, and theory task force Weaponry task force Death: Suicide Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Death, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Death on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by the Suicide task force (assessed as High-importance). Crime and Criminal Biography: Terrorism High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of crime and criminal biography on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by the Terrorism task force (assessed as High-importance).

Text and/or other creative content from Female suicide bombers was copied or moved into Suicide attack with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

The Wikimedia Foundation's Trust and Safety team maintains a list of crisis support resources. If you see a threat of harm on Wikipedia, please follow these steps.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization: "Suicide terrorism". Kompas (Indonesia). July 19, 2005.

A summary of this article appears in Death.

Article too long

Section sizes Section size for Suicide attack (111 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 6,177 6,177 552 552 Definition and terminology 147 26,067 0 1,738 Suicide bombing 1,811 1,811 81 81 Kamikaze 1,278 1,278 150 150 Labeling as terrorism markup removed; cannot link (help) 3,132 3,132 202 202 Labeling as suicide markup removed; cannot link (help) 5,630 5,630 403 403 Religious terminology for attackers and victims markup removed; cannot link (help) 1,709 9,698 75 655 Martyrdom of attackers and victims 6,022 6,022 423 423 Biblical references 1,967 1,967 157 157 Redefining as homicide or genocide 4,371 4,371 247 247 Related actions 167 34,010 0 1,512 Suicide protests 1,193 1,193 53 53 Self-sacrifice to prevent other casualties 3,060 3,060 168 168 Preventing capture 3,484 3,484 306 306 Attackers killed by their opponents 4,434 26,106 169 985 Sicarii (first century AD) markup removed; cannot link (help) 1,834 1,834 159 159 Hashishiyeen (1090 to 1275) 1,130 1,130 69 69 Moro juramentado 8,045 8,045 237 237 Aceh War (1873–1904) 3,947 3,947 72 72 Aceh in WWII 3,796 3,796 126 126 Disposable use of troops during WWI and WWII 905 905 68 68 Suicide by cop 2,015 2,015 85 85 The first attackers who killed themselves 2,226 33,610 202 1,315 1386 in Switzerland markup removed; cannot link (help) 236 236 23 23 1780 in India markup removed; cannot link (help) 2,464 2,464 48 48 17th and 19th century Dutch markup removed; cannot link (help) 2,031 2,031 144 144 Ignaty Grinevitsky (1881) and others in Russia 2,575 2,575 103 103 Personal disputes before WWII 506 6,872 10 257 1905 in New Zealand 5,110 5,110 96 96 1927 Bath School bombings in Michigan, USA 1,256 1,256 151 151 Military use before WWII 70 17,206 0 538 Spanish civil war (1936 – 1939) 420 420 15 15 Chinese suicide squads 16,716 16,716 523 523 During World War II 298 8,047 0 458 Allied forces during WWII 603 603 43 43 Germans during World War II 1,419 1,419 128 128 Against the Japanese Empire 230 230 0 0 Japanese kamikaze markup removed; cannot link (help) 5,497 5,497 287 287 Pilot suicides in commercial aircraft 1,138 2,447 18 18 Undisputed pilot suicides and attempted suicides 881 881 0 0 Speculated and disputed pilot suicides 428 428 0 0 During the Cold War 840 59,799 76 2,956 Insurgency in Palestine (1944–1948) markup removed; cannot link (help) 6,251 6,251 355 355 Korean War (1950–1953) markup removed; cannot link (help) 1,980 1,980 62 62 1953 in West Virginia 4,526 4,526 47 47 Israeli and Egyptian wars (1956–1970) 127 5,034 0 321 Early suicide tactics in Gaza 766 766 93 93 Suez Crisis (1956) 2,089 2,089 100 100 "War of Attrition" (1967–1970) 2,052 2,052 128 128 Nuclear weapons 113 5,199 0 301 United States nuclear weapons 3,236 3,236 198 198 Samson Option 1,850 1,850 103 103 Lod airport massacre (1972) 3,580 3,580 236 236 Cold War era literature and mythology 1,245 5,929 0 348 The Revolt (1951) 3,005 3,005 253 253 The Turner Diaries (1978) 431 431 57 57 White Wolves (South Africa) 1,248 1,248 38 38 Increased suicide attacks in the 1980s markup removed; cannot link (help) 252 3,736 0 316 Cold War armed conflicts 3,484 3,484 316 316 Arrival in the Arab world 3,527 4,214 190 231 Hezbollah 687 687 41 41 Suicide bombings by individuals 173 6,048 18 364 1981 Yangquan theatre bombing 1,758 1,758 166 166 Wanganui Computer Centre (1982) 4,117 4,117 180 180 Sri Lankan civil war 3,757 6,925 65 280 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, 1987–2009) 3,168 3,168 215 215 List of suicide attacks during the Cold War (1947–1991) 1,183 1,183 0 0 Statistics about the increase 4,354 4,354 19 19 Post-Cold War and War on Terror 178 104,279 0 7,117 Palestinian Intifadas 5,206 15,894 231 1,021 Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) 3,772 3,772 483 483 Results of Palestinian suicide attacks 6,916 6,916 307 307 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) 2,506 2,506 112 112 Al-Qaeda begin using suicide in the 1990s markup removed; cannot link (help) 2,782 2,782 177 177 1999 Columbine High School suicide attack markup removed; cannot link (help) 506 506 26 26 21st Century 282 6,382 34 456 Narrowing definition of suicide attack 1,777 1,777 143 143 2001 September 11 attacks and after 4,231 4,323 279 279 United States Air Force 92 92 0 0 South and Central Asia 84 5,037 0 150 Afghanistan 1,463 1,463 80 80 Pakistan 3,490 3,490 70 70 United States invasion of Iraq 1,225 10,932 131 643 Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 9,707 9,707 512 512 Africa 572 572 20 20 Western Europe 941 941 66 66 Car bomb suicides in the 2020s markup removed; cannot link (help) 311 1,934 0 139 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee 218 218 11 11 2025 in Palm Springs, California 1,405 1,405 128 128 Response 6,172 6,172 499 499 Recent attacker profiles and motivations 11,604 50,443 915 3,808 Nationalist resistance and religion 11,625 11,625 826 826 Islam and related religions 1,147 27,214 127 2,067 Recent emergence of suicide attacks by Muslims 6,992 6,992 520 520 Support for "martyrdom operations" and analogous concepts 3,225 3,225 205 205 Opposition and responses from Muslim scholars 15,850 15,850 1,215 1,215 Age and gender 361 9,148 39 646 Children and teenagers 6,643 6,643 437 437 Women 68 2,144 0 170 Gendered motivations 2,076 2,076 170 170 Tactics and strategies 30 5,247 0 518 Devices 1,304 1,304 132 132 Strategic advantages 3,913 3,913 386 386 See also 1,001 1,001 0 0 Notes 2,860 2,860 0 0 References 18 101,790 0 0 Citations 94,143 94,143 0 0 Sources 6,660 7,629 0 0 Agency authorship 969 969 0 0 Further reading 2,780 2,780 0 0 External links 580 580 0 0 Total 397,842 397,842 16,830 16,830

The article is far too long. Section size table provided to help narrow down what's using up so much space. I think it comes down to having too many (and too detailed) examples. Many have their own articles, so even if they are a useful example here, they probably only rate a sentence or two and and link to the main article. Unless they are illustrating a specific point, they should be removed entirely. This is not a list article. (Hohum ^@) 12:33, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Slant

Let’s be honest. Multiple recent edits. Multiple mention of Irgun and its leader, even though the author states no militant killed himself in the actual attack (two killed themselves in prison). Multiple mentions of Samson protocol even though that is tangentially related to suicide bombing and has not been used. Jsoroc01 (talk) 11:56, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samson 5 sections, 30+ mentions

Does the article really need five different sections covering Samson with over 30 mentions? This seems like a lot of duplication. (Hohum ^@) 15:01, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]