Some people(like the Katie Colonic method?) believe that the people who mostly use the "suicide" bomb are a minority oppressed by an evil group of "occupiers". They are driven to "suicide" by the "occupiers" and are therefore, brave warriors fighting for there homeland. To call them homicide bombers, places them as the sick, murdering scum that they really are. I do not suggest that anyone here feels the "suicide" way, but am posting to both people as a matter of form.
their homeland
Because by blowing themselves up in the process would make them seem too....what? normal? on what planet? Last I checked, strapping on explosives and blowing yourself up in a public place with the clear intent of killing others is pretty stinking sick. I don't need assenine phrases to point that out to me. I get it. The only people who think suicide bombing isn't sick are the sickos doing the bombing. But hey, that's just me. Maybe you all think suicide bombing is heroic. I don't think it is, and I've never met anyone who thinks it is. As for Katie, I don't give a crap what she thinks. If the guy was strapping explosives, I'd like to know about it, and I'll draw my own conclusions, thank you very much. Should they NOT tell us ifd they blew themselves up? And if they do tell us, then why not just use the perfectly usable term to describe them? Suicide bomber. It's so idiotic to think that we need to be told that suicide bombing is abhorrent, that I am amazed anyone with half a brain would think otherwise.
How about a "suicide (mass?) murderer"? No need to identify the weapon used.Just a suggestion.