An inside look at suicide attacks

(CNN) -- Suicide attacks are not new to the Middle East, where they were pioneered by the Islamic group Hezbollah.

VIDEO CNN's Mike Boettcher gets a rare look inside the world of Hezbollah's training program for human bombs (September 27) Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media)

What is the motivation that drives young men to strap explosives to their bodies and detonate them, killing themselves and their targets?

In July, Hezbollah agreed to give CNN an inside look at the tactic that some call suicide -- but that its practitioners call martyrdom.