A suicide mission is an extremely dangerous task where participants are not expected to survive, often viewed as expendable, and can include deliberate attacks such as kamikaze pilots or suicide bombings. In military history, soldiers have sometimes refused such orders, as seen with the French mutiny in 1917 after World War I losses and the 2004 Iraq War incident where 19 US soldiers called driving unarmored trucks a "suicide mission." Even elite special forces face these risks—two Delta Force snipers died protecting a downed pilot during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, and the 1982 Operation Mikado was abandoned due to excessive danger. Historically, groups like the first-century Jewish Sicarii and the Order of Assassins (1090–1275 AD) performed suicidal attacks, while Acehnese fighters in the 1873–1904 war used parang-sabil, though neither group technically fit the narrow definition of a suicide attack. Such missions can also arise from desperation, such as German troops ordered to fight to the death at Stalingrad, or through penal units like the Strafbataillon, where soldiers had to prove exceptional bravery or face execution.