title: Did the defeat of Saddam Hussein reduce suicide bombing casualties and attacks in Israel? A statistical analysis.
abstract: It was hypothesized that one of the reasons for the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to stop the payments being made by Saddam Hussein to the families of suicide (homicide) bombers in Israel. The consequences of suicide (homicide) bombing attacks against Israel between March 2001 and August 2004 were evaluated as related to the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. On average per month during this period, there were fewer overall casualties after the invasion than before it. As many as nearly 1,100 casualties may have been prevented in Israel as a consequence of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, suggesting that at least one possible goal of the U.S. invasion may have been achieved, at least as averaged over the first 17 months after the invasion.
authors.affiliation: School of Family Studies and Human Services, Justin Hall, Kansas State University, 1700 Anderson Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66506-1403, USA. Schumm@humec.ksu.edu
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schumm
mesh_terms: D005107:Explosions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D011057:Politics; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D023481:Terrorism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*