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Žarko Henigman in Dragomir »evrizIn our contribution we will focus on and present the phenomenon of terroristsuicide attacks and assassinators. We asses that these forms of threats should begiven particular attention due to the inter-personality of committers, therefore,the phenomenon as a subject of interest is of particular significance.Revealing causes and motivational as well as psychological and social elementsof such phenomena are, in our opinion, of special interest for intelligenceagencies that through their pro-active and preventive policy must foresee and/or prevent such threats.Suicide attacks - appearing form of terrorism and assassinationsA suicide attack is a form of attack which requires death of the attackercarrying out the attack, while the committer is aware of the inevitability of his/her death; in this case his/her life is of no importance, and even less the lives ofthe often random victims.Suicide attacks have been common in the international security space since1983. Terrorist commit such attacks due to their advantages in comparison toother methods of terrorist operation. Still, the fact remains that the suicideterrorist attacks require substantial, primarily psychological preparationsand acquiring suitable personnel, which may be a big obstacle for terroristorganisations, so that such attacks are utilised only for the more importantattacks.According to the opinion of the wider public religious fanatics commit theseacts. The majority of experts who have studied the phenomenon of suicideterrorists, disagree on this, among them also Riaz Hassan who claims thatsuicide attackers are lead more by political than religious fanaticism.CharacteristicsSuicide attacks i.e. attackers have characteristics that surpass other forms ofattack. They are intelligent, adaptable since they can choose their own time,location and circumstances for the attack - these characteristics as a rule arenot contained in other weapons. The psychological effect is enormous andthe latter a relatively less expensive method (weapon) as long as there areenough volunteers. The victims and the material damage caused by suchterrorists through such acts are asymmetrically large in comparison to the lossof one suicide attacker. Suicide attacks are inexpensive and effective; on the205