Weapons: Islamic Kamikaze

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20100109.aspx

Suicide bombing continues to be the most popular weapon among Islamic terrorists. But it's a much overrated tool. For example, Al Qaeda, and their Sunni Arab allies in Iraq made a major effort using suicide bombers. Nearly 2,000 men, and a few women, volunteered (including a many who were coerced or deceived) to make attacks. About 90 percent of the attacks were against Iraqi civilians or security personnel. The attacks against Americans killed 216 U.S. military personnel. There were three times as many attacks against Iraqi troops and police, and many more casualties (over 2,500 dead). Most of the suicide bomber attacks were against civilians, and over 10,000 were killed.

This effort has become the second largest suicide attack campaign in the last century. The largest was the Japanese use of suicide pilots,