05-03-2006, 04:30 PM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dr. Babu Suseelan, Psychologist and author, talks about the nature of terror and the specific methods terrorist groups use to maintain power over their members, such as trageting fringe or vulnerable groups.
Dr. Suseelan takes a psychological approach to terrorist groups and countries, suggesting that terrorist leaders have an addictive personality. Their members, which Dr. Suseelan likens to capturs in a bank robbery, themselves become addicted to the ideology and program of the terrorist group. Just as an addict is weaned off a substance, so capturs must break free from their wall of denial and be psychologically de-programmed.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dr. Babu Suseelan, Psychologist and author, talks about the nature of terror and the specific methods terrorist groups use to maintain power over their members, such as trageting fringe or vulnerable groups.
Dr. Suseelan takes a psychological approach to terrorist groups and countries, suggesting that terrorist leaders have an addictive personality. Their members, which Dr. Suseelan likens to capturs in a bank robbery, themselves become addicted to the ideology and program of the terrorist group. Just as an addict is weaned off a substance, so capturs must break free from their wall of denial and be psychologically de-programmed.
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