Iran's suicide brigades: Terrorism resurgent

Middle East Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Alfoneh, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Royal Danish Defense College   (Denmark)

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