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[[Image:Jhfnm.jpg|right|thumb|Suicide bombing of a bus in Israel.|200px]]
 
[[Image:Jhfnm.jpg|right|thumb|Suicide bombing of a bus in Israel.|200px]]
'''Suicide bombing''' is a terrorist tactic.  Contrary to popular belief, the majority of suicide bombers are not [[Muslim]] and the majority of such attacks do not take place in the [[Middle East]].  Between 1980 and 2000 the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (aka LTTE, aka Tamil Tigers) carried out more suicide attacks, 168, than all other groups combined.
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'''Suicide bombing''' is a terrorist tactic.  Prior to the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983, the majority of suicide bombers were not [[Muslim]] and the majority of such attacks did not take place in the [[Middle East]].  Between 1980 and 2000 the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (aka LTTE, aka Tamil Tigers) carried out more suicide attacks, 168, than all other groups combined.
 
<ref>Jane's Intelligence Review, ""Suicide terrorism: a global threat"[http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml]</ref>.   
 
<ref>Jane's Intelligence Review, ""Suicide terrorism: a global threat"[http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml]</ref>.   
  
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