who has just completed one called Suicide Killers He goes undercover to make these films, he's a French citizen, and he is from Algeria originally (sounds like the background of Zinadene Zidane). Very interesting comments.
By - Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected"
> program discussed the July 7th London attacks.
>
> One of the guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six
> documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian
> areas. Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is based on interviews
> that he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be
> bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it. Pierre agreed to a
> request for a Q&A interview here about his work on the new film.
>
> Q - What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers," your seventh film?
>
> A - I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on
> PTSD
> (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) when I became fascinated with the
> personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were
> described again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that
> suicide bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves
> up.
>
> Q - Why is this film especially important?
>
> A - People don't understand the devastating culture behind this
> unbelievable phenomenon. My film is not politically correct because it
> addresses the real problem, showing the real face of Islam. It points the
> finger against a culture of hatred in which the uneducated are brainwashed
> to a level where their only solution in life becomes to kill themselves
> and kill others in the name of a God whose word, as transmitted by other
> men, has become their only certitude.
>
> Q - What insights did you gain from making this film? What do you know
> that other experts do not know?
>
> A - I came to the conclusion that we are facing a neurosis at the level of
> an entire civilization. Most neuroses have in common a dramatic event,
> generally linked to an unacceptable sexual behavior. In this case, we are
> talking of kids living all their lives in pure frustration, with no
> opportunity to experience sex, love, tenderness or even understanding from
> the opposite sex. The separation between men and women in Islam is
> absolute. So is contempt toward women, who are totally dominated by men.
> This leads to a situation of pure anxiety, in which normal behavior is
> not possible. It is no coincidence that suicide killers are mostly young
> men dominated subconsciously by an overwhelming libido that they not only
> cannot satisfy but are afraid of, as if it is the work of the devil.
>
> Since Islam describes heaven as a place where everything on Earth will
> finally be allowed, and promises 72 virgins to those frustrated kids,
> killing others and killing themselves to reach this redemption becomes
> their only solution.
>
> Q - What was it like to interview would-be suicide bombers, their families
> and survivors of suicide bombings?
>
> A - It was a fascinating and a terrifying experience. You are dealing with
> seemingly normal people with very nice manners who have their own logic,
> which to a certain extent can make sense since they are so convinced that
> what they say is true. It is like dealing with pure craziness, like
> interviewing people in an asylum, since what they say, is for them, the
> absolute truth. I hear a mother saying "Thank God, my son is dead." Her
> son had became a shaheed, a martyr, which for her was a greater source of
> pride than if he had became an engineer, a doctor or a winner of the Nobel
> Prize.
>
> This system of values works completely backwards since their
> interpretation of Islam worships death much more than life. You are facing
> people whose only dream, only achievement goal is to fulfill what they
> believe to be their destiny, namely to be a Shaheed or the family of a
> shaheed.
>
> They don't see the innocent being killed, they only see the impure that
> they have to destroy.
>
> Q - You say suicide bombers experience a moment of absolute power, beyond
> punishment. Is death the ultimate power?
>
> A - Not death as an end, but death as a door opener to the after life.
> They are seeking the reward that God has promised them. They work for
> God, the ultimate authority, above all human laws. They therefore
> experience this single delusional second of absolute power, where nothing
> bad can ever happen to them, since they become God's sword.
>
> Q - Is there a suicide bomber personality profile? Describe the
> psychopathology.
>
> A - Generally kids between 15 and 25 bearing a lot of complexes, generally
> inferiority complexes. They must have been fed with religion. They usually
> have a lack of developed personality. Usually they are impressionable
> idealists. In the western world they would easily have become drug
> addicts, but not criminals. Interestingly, they are not criminals since
> they don't see good and evil the same way that we do. If they had been
> raised in an Occidental culture, they would have hated violence. But they
> constantly battle against their own death anxiety. The only solution to
> this deep-seated pathology is to be willing to die and be rewarded in the
> afterlife in Paradise.
>
> Q - Are suicide bombers principally motivated by religious conviction?
>
> A - Yes, it is their only conviction. They don't act to gain a territory
> or to find freedom or even dignity. They only follow Allah, the supreme
> judge, and what He tells them to do.
>
> Q - Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in the same way?
>
> A - All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail on
> earth.They believe this is the only true religion and there is no room, in
> their mind, for interpretation. The main difference between moderate
> Muslims and extremists is that moderate Muslims don't think they will see
> the absolute victory of Islam during their lifetime, therefore they
> respect other beliefs. The extremists believe that the fulfillment of the
> Prophecy of Islam and ruling the entire world as described in the Koran,
> is for today. Each victory of Bin Laden convinces 20 million moderate
> Muslims to become extremists.
>
> Q - Describe the culture that manufactures suicide bombers.
>
> A - Oppression, lack of freedom, brain washing, organized poverty, placing
> God in charge of daily life, total separation between men and women,
> forbidding sex, giving women no power whatsoever, and placing men in
> charge of family honor, which is mainly connected to their women's
> behavior.
>
> Q - What socio-economic forces support the perpetuation of suicide
> bombings?
>
> A - Muslim charity is usually a cover for supporting terrorist
> organizations. But one has also to look at countries like Pakistan, Saudi
> Arabia and Iran, which are also supporting the same organizations through
> different networks. The ironic thing in the case of Palestinian suicide
> bombers is that most of the money comes through financial support from the
> Occidental world, donated to a culture that utterly hates and rejects the
> West (mainly symbolized by Israel).
>
> Q - Is there a financial support network for the families of the suicide
> bombers? If so, who is paying them and how does that affect the decision?
>
> A - There used to be a financial incentive in the days of Saddam Hussein
> ($25,000 per family) and Yasser Arafat (smaller amounts), but these days
> are gone. It is a mistake to believe that these families would sacrifice
> their children for money. Although, the children themselves who are very
> attached to their families, might find in this financial support another
> reason to become suicide bombers. It is like buying a life insurance
> policy and then committing suicide.
>
> Q - Why are so many suicide bombers young men?
>
> A - As discussed above, libido is paramount. Also ego, because this is a
> sure way to become a hero. The shaheeds are the cowboys or the firemen of
> Islam. Shaheed is a positively reinforced value in this culture. And what
> kid has never dreamed of becoming a cowboy or a fireman?
>
> Q - What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist equation?
>
> A - The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and third world or
> ex-communist countries. Their hands are tied. The U.N. has condemned
> Israel more than any other country in the world, including the regime of
> Castro, Idi Amin or Kaddahfi. By behaving this way, the U.N. leaves a door
> open by not openly condemning terrorist organizations. In addition,
> through UNRWA, the U.N. is directly tied to terror organizations such as
> Hamas, representing 65 percent of their apparatus in the so-called
> Palestinian refugee camps. As a support to Arab countries, the U.N. has
> maintained Palestinians in camps with the hope to "return" into Israel for
> more than
> 50 years, therefore making it impossible to settle those populations,
> which still live in deplorable conditions. Four hundred million dollars
> are spent every year, mainly financed by U.S. taxes, to support 23,000
> employees of UNRWA, many of whom belong to terrorist organizations (see
> Congressman Eric Cantor on this subject, and in my film "Hostages of
> Hatred").
>
> Q - You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb and a smart bomb'
> simultaneously. Explain what you mean.
>
> A - Unlike an electronic device, a suicide killer has until the last
> second the capacity to change his mind. In reality, he is nothing but a
> platform representing interests which are not his, but he doesn't know it.
>
> Q - How can we put an end to the madness of suicide bombings and terrorism
> in general?
>
> A - Stop being politically correct and stop believing that this culture is
>
> a victim of ours. Radical Islamism today is nothing but a new form of
> Naziism. Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler in the 1930s. We
> had to defeat him in order to make peace one day with the German people.
>
> Q - Are these men traveling outside their native areas in large numbers?
> Based on your research, would you predict that we are beginning to see a
> new wave of suicide bombings outside the Middle East?
>
> A - Every successful terror attack is considered a victory by the radical
> Islamists. Everywhere Islam expands there is regional conflict. Right now,
> there are thousands of candidates for martyrdom lining up in training
> camps in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Inside Europe, hundreds of
> illegal mosques are preparing the next step of brain washing to lost young
> men who cannot find a satisfying identity in the Occidental world. Israel
> is much more prepared for this than the rest of the world will ever be.
> Yes, there will be more suicide killings in Europe and the U.S. Sadly,
> this is only the beginning.
>
By - Pierre Rehov, documentary filmmaker On July 15, MSNBC's "Connected"
> program discussed the July 7th London attacks.
>
> One of the guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six
> documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian
> areas. Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is based on interviews
> that he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be
> bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it. Pierre agreed to a
> request for a Q&A interview here about his work on the new film.
>
> Q - What inspired you to produce "Suicide Killers," your seventh film?
>
> A - I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on
> PTSD
> (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) when I became fascinated with the
> personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were
> described again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that
> suicide bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves
> up.
>
> Q - Why is this film especially important?
>
> A - People don't understand the devastating culture behind this
> unbelievable phenomenon. My film is not politically correct because it
> addresses the real problem, showing the real face of Islam. It points the
> finger against a culture of hatred in which the uneducated are brainwashed
> to a level where their only solution in life becomes to kill themselves
> and kill others in the name of a God whose word, as transmitted by other
> men, has become their only certitude.
>
> Q - What insights did you gain from making this film? What do you know
> that other experts do not know?
>
> A - I came to the conclusion that we are facing a neurosis at the level of
> an entire civilization. Most neuroses have in common a dramatic event,
> generally linked to an unacceptable sexual behavior. In this case, we are
> talking of kids living all their lives in pure frustration, with no
> opportunity to experience sex, love, tenderness or even understanding from
> the opposite sex. The separation between men and women in Islam is
> absolute. So is contempt toward women, who are totally dominated by men.
> This leads to a situation of pure anxiety, in which normal behavior is
> not possible. It is no coincidence that suicide killers are mostly young
> men dominated subconsciously by an overwhelming libido that they not only
> cannot satisfy but are afraid of, as if it is the work of the devil.
>
> Since Islam describes heaven as a place where everything on Earth will
> finally be allowed, and promises 72 virgins to those frustrated kids,
> killing others and killing themselves to reach this redemption becomes
> their only solution.
>
> Q - What was it like to interview would-be suicide bombers, their families
> and survivors of suicide bombings?
>
> A - It was a fascinating and a terrifying experience. You are dealing with
> seemingly normal people with very nice manners who have their own logic,
> which to a certain extent can make sense since they are so convinced that
> what they say is true. It is like dealing with pure craziness, like
> interviewing people in an asylum, since what they say, is for them, the
> absolute truth. I hear a mother saying "Thank God, my son is dead." Her
> son had became a shaheed, a martyr, which for her was a greater source of
> pride than if he had became an engineer, a doctor or a winner of the Nobel
> Prize.
>
> This system of values works completely backwards since their
> interpretation of Islam worships death much more than life. You are facing
> people whose only dream, only achievement goal is to fulfill what they
> believe to be their destiny, namely to be a Shaheed or the family of a
> shaheed.
>
> They don't see the innocent being killed, they only see the impure that
> they have to destroy.
>
> Q - You say suicide bombers experience a moment of absolute power, beyond
> punishment. Is death the ultimate power?
>
> A - Not death as an end, but death as a door opener to the after life.
> They are seeking the reward that God has promised them. They work for
> God, the ultimate authority, above all human laws. They therefore
> experience this single delusional second of absolute power, where nothing
> bad can ever happen to them, since they become God's sword.
>
> Q - Is there a suicide bomber personality profile? Describe the
> psychopathology.
>
> A - Generally kids between 15 and 25 bearing a lot of complexes, generally
> inferiority complexes. They must have been fed with religion. They usually
> have a lack of developed personality. Usually they are impressionable
> idealists. In the western world they would easily have become drug
> addicts, but not criminals. Interestingly, they are not criminals since
> they don't see good and evil the same way that we do. If they had been
> raised in an Occidental culture, they would have hated violence. But they
> constantly battle against their own death anxiety. The only solution to
> this deep-seated pathology is to be willing to die and be rewarded in the
> afterlife in Paradise.
>
> Q - Are suicide bombers principally motivated by religious conviction?
>
> A - Yes, it is their only conviction. They don't act to gain a territory
> or to find freedom or even dignity. They only follow Allah, the supreme
> judge, and what He tells them to do.
>
> Q - Do all Muslims interpret jihad and martyrdom in the same way?
>
> A - All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail on
> earth.They believe this is the only true religion and there is no room, in
> their mind, for interpretation. The main difference between moderate
> Muslims and extremists is that moderate Muslims don't think they will see
> the absolute victory of Islam during their lifetime, therefore they
> respect other beliefs. The extremists believe that the fulfillment of the
> Prophecy of Islam and ruling the entire world as described in the Koran,
> is for today. Each victory of Bin Laden convinces 20 million moderate
> Muslims to become extremists.
>
> Q - Describe the culture that manufactures suicide bombers.
>
> A - Oppression, lack of freedom, brain washing, organized poverty, placing
> God in charge of daily life, total separation between men and women,
> forbidding sex, giving women no power whatsoever, and placing men in
> charge of family honor, which is mainly connected to their women's
> behavior.
>
> Q - What socio-economic forces support the perpetuation of suicide
> bombings?
>
> A - Muslim charity is usually a cover for supporting terrorist
> organizations. But one has also to look at countries like Pakistan, Saudi
> Arabia and Iran, which are also supporting the same organizations through
> different networks. The ironic thing in the case of Palestinian suicide
> bombers is that most of the money comes through financial support from the
> Occidental world, donated to a culture that utterly hates and rejects the
> West (mainly symbolized by Israel).
>
> Q - Is there a financial support network for the families of the suicide
> bombers? If so, who is paying them and how does that affect the decision?
>
> A - There used to be a financial incentive in the days of Saddam Hussein
> ($25,000 per family) and Yasser Arafat (smaller amounts), but these days
> are gone. It is a mistake to believe that these families would sacrifice
> their children for money. Although, the children themselves who are very
> attached to their families, might find in this financial support another
> reason to become suicide bombers. It is like buying a life insurance
> policy and then committing suicide.
>
> Q - Why are so many suicide bombers young men?
>
> A - As discussed above, libido is paramount. Also ego, because this is a
> sure way to become a hero. The shaheeds are the cowboys or the firemen of
> Islam. Shaheed is a positively reinforced value in this culture. And what
> kid has never dreamed of becoming a cowboy or a fireman?
>
> Q - What role does the U.N. play in the terrorist equation?
>
> A - The U.N. is in the hands of Arab countries and third world or
> ex-communist countries. Their hands are tied. The U.N. has condemned
> Israel more than any other country in the world, including the regime of
> Castro, Idi Amin or Kaddahfi. By behaving this way, the U.N. leaves a door
> open by not openly condemning terrorist organizations. In addition,
> through UNRWA, the U.N. is directly tied to terror organizations such as
> Hamas, representing 65 percent of their apparatus in the so-called
> Palestinian refugee camps. As a support to Arab countries, the U.N. has
> maintained Palestinians in camps with the hope to "return" into Israel for
> more than
> 50 years, therefore making it impossible to settle those populations,
> which still live in deplorable conditions. Four hundred million dollars
> are spent every year, mainly financed by U.S. taxes, to support 23,000
> employees of UNRWA, many of whom belong to terrorist organizations (see
> Congressman Eric Cantor on this subject, and in my film "Hostages of
> Hatred").
>
> Q - You say that a suicide bomber is a 'stupid bomb and a smart bomb'
> simultaneously. Explain what you mean.
>
> A - Unlike an electronic device, a suicide killer has until the last
> second the capacity to change his mind. In reality, he is nothing but a
> platform representing interests which are not his, but he doesn't know it.
>
> Q - How can we put an end to the madness of suicide bombings and terrorism
> in general?
>
> A - Stop being politically correct and stop believing that this culture is
>
> a victim of ours. Radical Islamism today is nothing but a new form of
> Naziism. Nobody was trying to justify or excuse Hitler in the 1930s. We
> had to defeat him in order to make peace one day with the German people.
>
> Q - Are these men traveling outside their native areas in large numbers?
> Based on your research, would you predict that we are beginning to see a
> new wave of suicide bombings outside the Middle East?
>
> A - Every successful terror attack is considered a victory by the radical
> Islamists. Everywhere Islam expands there is regional conflict. Right now,
> there are thousands of candidates for martyrdom lining up in training
> camps in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Inside Europe, hundreds of
> illegal mosques are preparing the next step of brain washing to lost young
> men who cannot find a satisfying identity in the Occidental world. Israel
> is much more prepared for this than the rest of the world will ever be.
> Yes, there will be more suicide killings in Europe and the U.S. Sadly,
> this is only the beginning.
>
