Robert Pape , director of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism , found the majority of suicide bombers came from the educated middle classes . ( Humam Balawi , who perpetrated the Camp Chapman attack in Afghanistan in 2010 , was a medical doctor . ) A 2004 paper by Harvard University Professor of Public Policy Alberto Abadie " cast s doubt on the widely held belief that terrorism stems from poverty , finding instead that terrorist violence ( not just suicide terrorism ) is " related to a nation 's level of political freedom " , with countries " in some intermediate range of political freedom " more prone to terrorism than countries with " high levels " of political freedom or countries with " highly authoritarian regimes " . " When governments are weak , political instability is elevated , so conditions are favorable for the appearance of terrorism "
Camp Chapman attack
Camp Chapman attack
Suicide attack