Robert Pape, in his Dying to Win, asserts that suicide terrorism is a strategic tool used by weak groups to achieve political goals, especially to compel democratic states to withdraw military forces from territory they view as their homeland. Nowadays both insurgents and states, in their fight against each other, have been using well thought-out lies as a strategic tool to pacify their supporters, cohorts and public at large.

Be it regular or irregular warfare, lying has become a strategic tool both in the hands of states or insurgents. It has, with time, become more important than carrying out a suicide attack or a vehicle borne improvised explosive assault against military or paramilitary forces.

The way a series of lies are used in a structured fashion can actually tailspin an incident which enhances prospects of a state or an insurgent group in an ongoing fight against each other. In it, three levels can be conceived namely disinformation, deception and dispersion which may be used profusely during a........

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