17 Quotes by Mia Bloom

if it means that if there's another attack, we were just unlucky. If there's another attack, it means we messed up.

There is no accurate criminal profile for them. Anyone who tells you differently is trying to get on TV. And if we had a profile, the terrorists would learn about it and use it against us.

The old centralized al-Qaeda is gone. It's become more like a franchise operation.

That they would attack again soon after 9/11 was our expectation, not their expectation. If they wanted to send a guy into Wal-Mart with an AK-47, they could have a long time ago. But usually they wait until they can do something shocking, maybe three or four simultaneous attacks. You need time to do that.

hotbeds of dissent. But they're not taking it to the next level. When a rabble-rouser comes to a mosque, he's met with a great deal of resistance. People in that community say (to the authorities), 'Please come get this person.'

The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to her family to being a source of pride in a culture of martyrdom.

A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging.

Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.

With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage.