The nature of suicide terror / The organizational component / The psycho-social component / The individual component / Choosing to become a suicide bomber: Trauma & ideology / The role of personal traumatization / Secondary traumatization and hidden traumas / Self-sacrifice: The interaction among social awareness, desire for change and a lack of legitimate outlets / Factors that facilitate the decision to become a suicide bomber / The role of religion / Cult of martyrdom and popular support for suicide terrorism / Dissociation / Acts of defense and the expressive quality of suicide terrorism / Gender differences: Women and suicide terror / Europe and suicide terrorism / Motivational sets for human bombs / Nationalistic, community defense, expressive, trauma and revenge based motivations / Alienation, marginalization, loss of identity, desire for meaningfulness and adventure, secondary traumatization and desire for redemption / Better understanding the threat and addressing root causes / Supporting key research and making use of our existing knowledge / Providing alternative views and outlets / A balanced approach.