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To: honest2God
Suicide bombing was acutally pioneered by the Tamil Tigers, who are Hindu.

Nope. Suicide bombing was pioneered by the Japanese in WWII, almost all of whom were members of the Shinto religion. Those suicide bombers however were not quite terrorists as they chose to wear a uniform, carry arms openly, and attack only military targets. Today I think they would be called terrorists though as they were intending to cause terror in their intended targets -- just as we call the suicide bombing of the USS Cole a "suicide bombing" and consider it an act of terrorism.

193 posted on 12/17/2004 6:40:47 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

"Suicide bombing was pioneered by the Japanese in WWII"

Haha, ok, ok, that is true. I meant in the form in which we see today, but point well taken.


195 posted on 12/17/2004 6:42:21 PM PST by honest2God
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