European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine foiled suicide bombing 1am born anew deadly Mission Mohammed Mohammed Mahmoud Burro they wished me god i would have a blessed martyrdom by Thomas l Friedman new York times a 16yearold lebanese was captured by israeli troops hours before he was supposed to get into an explosive Laden car and go on a suicide bombing Mission to blow up the israeli army Headquarters in Accord ing to israeli officials and an account from the youth the Mohammed Mahmoud was captured by israeli soldiers in a raid on a Southern Leb anese Village on it is believed to be the first time that a trained suicide car bomber has been seized under questioning by the israelis and in a separate interview with the new York he has Given an account of his of his enlistment for the suicide Mission and of the people he was working if his account would provide the first inside look at the motivation of a suicide bomber and the planning and organization behind his although there is no Independent confirmation of his senior israeli military officials have spent Days questioning who has Light Brown has yet to Start shaving and looks like any of a thousand shiite teenagers walking the streets of West Beirut they have also checked Many key elements in his narrative through their own Covert and in each they they found he was telling the truth or could not have made up what he it is unclear whether Burros account is typical of those who have been involved in the wave of suicide car bombings in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East Over the last few yet three aspects of his account May have an important bearing on an understanding of the suicide bombing what seems most striking about Burros account is that although he is a shiite he comes from a secular family he spent his free time not in he but Riding his motor Cycle and playing according to his he was not a fanatic who to kill himself in the cause of islam or anti but was recruited for the suicide Mission through another Means shiite extremist groups in Lebanon and Iran have Given the impression that the suicide bomb attacks have been carried out by devoutly religious people eager to become Burro said he was taken to two religious leaders As part of his training for the apparently to instill religious Burro said he did not know beforehand most of the people who recruited him or brought him to the Point where the car Laden with explosives would be brought to his if would seem to reinforce previous speculation that the people who actually drive the suicide cars Are carefully recruited from the general Public by intelligence officials of lebanese militias or would be lebanese suicide bomber says he was motivated by intimidation rather than religious Middle Eastern the planning and Prepa it would Are carried out by intelligence experts unknown to the and the car is brought to the suicide Driver Only at the last Burro said the men who recruited him were from the lebanese shiite militia this seems noteworthy because amal is considered the most moderate and mainstream of the lebanese shiite and while its opposition to the israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon is Well amal was generally believed to use More conventional Means of leaving the so called fanatical Sui cide methods to its More extreme the pro iranian party of Burros account could indicate that a method of terrorism that once seemed confined to a fanatical fringe May now be emerging As an accepted tool of warfare for More moderate groups and state intelligence Organiza at the request of the which had independently continued on Page 14 april 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13