Recently, suicide bombing has become quite a regular news. Previously, suicide bombing was widely used by LTTE in Sri Lanka. But after LTTE demise recently, and before that too, suicide bombing was put to good use by Al Qaida terrorists.
Suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan is almost regular and routinely executed by Al Qaida terrorists or its associates. Recently two suicide attacks took place, one in luxury hotels in Indonesia and the other in Afganistan.
Here is the news about Afghanistan suicide bombing attack :
KHOST(Afghanistan): Taliban suicide bombers, most of them disguised in burkas, tried to storm government buildings and a military base in two Afghan cities on Tuesday, killing six people, officials said.
The attacks in Gardez and Jalalabad came amid a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial elections on August 20, when President Hamid Karzai will stand for re-election despite criticisms about security and corruption. Source.
Here is the news of the other suicide bombing:
·Two blasts rocked two hotels in Jakarta Friday morning, killing 9, wounding 55 others.
·”After investigation…, it has been known two perpetrators of the suicide bombings.”
·Indonesian president told the press that the blasts were an act of terrorism.JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua) — Indonesian national Police chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said that nine people were killed and 55 others were wounded by suicide bombings as two luxurious hotels, Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot, were hit Friday morning. Source.
Actually, these two are not the biggest suicide bombing in the world. The biggest suicide bombing took place on 11 September 2001, where Al Qaida terrorists got them selves trained as pilot in USA, then hijacked few planes and hit word trade center twin towers in New York. It changed the world and started USA famous war on terror. It changed USA too. Now no body is as secure as it used to be before 9/11.
Few successful suicide bombings are :
1. Killing of Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister by LTTE.
2. Killing of Benjir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister, by Taliban suicide bombers.
3. Killing more than 200 people in bali bombing
4. London Bombing by radicalised British Muslims
Actually, the list is very long. Suicide bombing is the deadliest feature of modern day terrorism.
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