Terrorist Suicide Bombings

Mordecai Z. Dzikansky spent his 25-year police career (1983-2008) with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Appointed to the NYPD, in 1983 he served as a uniformed patrolman for two years in Brooklyn North. In 1985 he began his career in investigations, ultimately rising to the NYPD's highest detective rank. Through 2002, he served in various units including the Organized Crime Control Bureau, Midtown North Detective Squad and the elite Manhattan South Homicide Squad. In addition, Dzikansky was selected to work on terror related investigations, including the murders of Israeli Knesset member Meir Kahane (1990) and Ari Halberstam (Brooklyn Bridge murder, 1994). Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly appointed Dzikansky as the first NYPD Intelligence Division Overseas Liaison to the Israel National Police (INP) to provide on-site intelligence analysis of suicide bombings in Israel and elsewhere. From 2003 to 2006, Dzikansky responded in person and analyzed 21 suicide bombing sites, in Israel and attacks globally: in Russia, Egypt, Spain and Turkey. Dzikansky also worked with senior members of the Israeli intelligence community on joint investigations related to New York City and the State of Israel. Dzikansky retired from the NYPD in 2008. He has written numerous articles and is the author of Terrorist Cop: The NYPD Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists (2010). He is an Associate of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel and has appeared as a featured speaker at its annual international conferences on global terrorism. Gil Kleiman spent 23 years (1983-2006) with Israel‘s national police force as a bomb squad technician, attorney, security-training officer, homicide detective, and police spokesman. In 1980, he received his undergraduate degree in history from George Washington University and a law degree from Bar Ilan University in Israel in 1991. From 1983 to 1987,

" ... an invaluable and authoritative guide for understanding the phenomenon of suicide terrorism and how to defeat it."—Joshua Sinai in The Washington Times, January 6, 2012

• Section I: The Suicide Bomber in a Western Urban Environment. Introduction: The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombing. The Act: How Does a Suicide Bomber Operate? The Past: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing. Section II A Suicide Bomber‘s Motives. Motives I: Why Someone Becomes a Suicide Bomber. Motives II: Why Do Women Become Suicide Bombers? Leaving the Women at Home. Section III Evaluating Suicide Bombing. 9/11 I: The Worst Suicide Bombing Ever. 9/11 II: More than We Can Bear. Plusses and Minuses: Advantages and Constraints for Suicide Bombers. Effectiveness: What Makes a Suicide Bombing Successful? Weaponry: The Armaments of Suicide Bombers. Section IV Defending against Suicide Bombings. Responses to 9/11: Federal Government. Responses to 9/11: The New York City Police Department. Detection: What Makes a Suicide Bomber Seem Suspicious? Reducing Casualties: Private Security Guards and Hardening Buildings. Suicide Bombings: Law Enforcement Successes and Failures. Israel: The Military Weapon. Section V Key Players. First Responders I: Police Officers and Bomb Techs. First Responders II: Intelligence, Forensics, and Investigative Officers. Media: Creating Perceptions of Suicide Bombings. Mental Health: When Too Much Is Too Much. Battling the Suicide Bomber: Our Recommendations. Index.