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unusual facts about suicide bombers



Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2009

Two suicide bombers with explosive vests carried out the attack at a cafe in Sinjar, a town west of Mosul.


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2011 Dera Ghazi Khan bombings

He referred to himself as a "Fida'i" (meaning one who sacrifices their life for a cause), a term which militants often use for suicide bombers.

Insurgency weapons and tactics

During the Sri Lankan Civil War, which raged on and off from 1983 to 2009, between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), The LTTE pioneered the use of suicide bombing and perfected it with the use of male/female suicide bombers both on and off battlefield; use of explosive-filled boats for suicide attacks on military shipping; use of light aircraft filled with explosives for targeting military installations.

Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir

In April 2006 three suicide bombers killed at least 69 people in an attack at the Buratha Mosque.

Joni Hendrawan

Idris then rode the motorbike as Imron drove two suicide bombers in the Mitsubishi to the nightclub district in Kuta.

Offers

Laila finds a memory stick with information about suicide bombers, but also information that the Dutch ambassador in Egypt was cooperating with Mokhtar.

Shoot on Sight

Tariq Ali (played by Naseeruddin Shah), a Muslim police commander of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of the 7 July bombings in London.

Shoot on Sight is a story based on Operation Kratos, the police "shoot-to-kill" policy applied to suspected suicide-bombers after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Tarnak Farms

American counter-terrorism analysts assert that their sources claim that all trainees have to be prepared to serve as suicide bombers.