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2006-04-26 Sri Lanka

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-26 00:21|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have been watching activities in Sri Lanka for many years since I had some neighbors who were from there and I knew it was the home of Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorite sci-fi writers. It was the first place I noticed suicide bombers as a trend about 20+ years ago. Interestingly the tamils are mainly hindu so I wonder where their penchant for self booming comes from?

Posted by DanNY 2006-04-26 12:38|| 2006-04-26 12:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder where their penchant for self booming comes from?

An excess of female children to dispose of? (From the article, "The suspected bomber disguised herself as a pregnant woman")

Posted by trailing wife 2006-04-26 15:56|| 2006-04-26 15:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Nope, the early ones were all male.
I remember seeing pictures of one of their heads after the boom.

Posted by DanNY 2006-04-26 22:19|| 2006-04-26 22:19|| Front Page Top

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