Word: martyrizing
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...destiny. "No one can ever hurt me," Lindh recently told him, quoting a Muslim scholar. "If they imprison me, I can devote my time to worship. If they exile me, that is an opportunity to see new lands of God. If they kill me, then they make a martyr...
...shown that it's unlikely to deter further Palestinian terror attacks. But the Israelis believe that loosening their grip would simply encourage future attacks. No such dilemmas face the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (the two organizations responsible for the latest attacks), and even the Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization. They're out to demonstrate their continued ability to kill Israelis despite the IDF's presence in the West Bank cities and signal their rejection of any new diplomatic efforts...
...Hardy admits that "there have been some mistakes made along the way, and you can say those mistakes may have exacerbated his condition. But he shouldn't leave there." Some state lawyers have privately argued that by holding Yoder for so long, the state is turning him into a martyr. But Hardy and Vallabhaneni point out that Chester will be blamed if Yoder is freed and hurts someone...
...Thirty years ago,” commented one PSSPLM member, “Harvard students courageously stormed University Hall to protest the Vietnam War. Well, we’re protesting the wage that the Summer School pays to its proctors. Hopefully, the Harvard University Police will come in and martyr us in time for our exams. Otherwise, we might have to leave before we accomplish anything. But if that happens, well just keep whining for another year or so, and then maybe the University will do what it was going to do anyway without our comically ignorant ranting...
...Palestinian leadership is plainly aware that Israel's offensive has turned international public opinion strongly against Sharon, and they hope to hold onto that PR advantage by restraining suicide bombers from crossing Israel's 1967 borders. An Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade commander told the New York times two days ago that his group would refrain from sending bombers into Israel proper, focusing their attacks only on soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza. And the Palestinian Authority appears to have extracted a similar promise from Hamas in order to avoid a Palestinian civil war - because...