@article{ref1,
title="Boomerang: Opinion versus action in the radicalization of Abu-Mulal al-Balawi",
journal="Dynamics of asymmetric conflict: pathways toward terrorism and genocide",
year="2010",
author="Turcan, M. and Mccauley, C.",
volume="3",
number="1",
pages="14-31",
abstract="Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, recruited by Jordanian intelligence as a double agent to gather information on high-profile Taliban leaders, blew himself up on 30 December 2009, in Khost province of Afghanistan. He killed seven CIA agents and one Jordanian agent. We distinguish two phases in al-Balawi's trajectory to violence: radicalization of opinion during his life in Jordan working as a physician from 2002 to 2009, and radicalization of action in Pakistan between March and December 2009. Mechanisms of radicalization, including personal and group grievances and ''slippery-slope'' increments of commitment, can make sense of al-Balawi's radicalization of opinion, but his turn to violent action requires consideration of his Internet identity as a warrior, Abu Dujana. In our interpretation, his radicalization in action depended on the means and opportunity offered by Jordanian intelligence and the CIA. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1746-7586",
doi="10.1080/17467586.2010.498896",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2010.498896"
}