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Speckhard, Anne. "Observations of Suicidal Terrorists in Action: The Chechen Terrorist Takeover of a Moscow Theater" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p71077_index.html>

Speckhard, A. , 2005-03-05 "Observations of Suicidal Terrorists in Action: The Chechen Terrorist Takeover of a Moscow Theater" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p71077_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Hostage taking coupled with suicidal terrorism is its newest variant, played out in a Moscow theater in late October 2002. Forty Chechen terrorists armed with automatic rifles, grenades and self-detonating bombs announced to 800 plus hostages that the event was a suicide mission. The standoff ended when Russian Special Forces gassed and stormed the building killing all the terrorists. Suicidal terrorists are rarely, if ever observed in action. In the first months after the event an American psychologist collaborated with Russian Academy of Sciences colleagues to collect interviews from the hostages about their psychological responses to being taken captive by terrorists who were clearly willing to commit suicide to advance their cause. While studying how the hostages responded we realized that we had a unique opportunity to advance our knowledge on suicidal terrorists as well. Rarely is it possible to observe a suicidal terrorist in his or her last moments of life. The hostages not only observed, but also conversed with the terrorists over three days. We realized that their recollections of interactions with and observations of the terrorists represents a unique opportunity to collect naturalistic research data indirectly observing suicidal terrorists at this unique psychological moment in time. By viewing the suicidal terrorists through the eyes of their hostages we are able to gain psychological insights about this type of terrorism and how suicidal terrorists interact in a hostage-taking situation. This paper reports on hostages' observations, interactions and conversations with the forty suicidal terrorists.

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