An interview with a Suicide Bomber

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hussam: The thing is my parents forced me to go to school and I didn't want to go. So I used to go there and run away. Then I had problems with the teachers. The principal took me to the police because I got into a fight with the teachers.

Although the societal pressures Jag spoke of are tough, this kid would be called a juvenile delinquent or hoodum, here. None would be surprised, he got into bigger trouble.
What they offered this kid was a way out, that unlike the other kids around the world that off themselves, promises honor for them and their families.