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...three suspects do not fit the stereotypical mold of “suicide bombers??—none are Arabs, and two are German citizens (though all are Muslims)—and thus wouldn’t have been snared by a simplistic campaign of racial profiling. Complicating things further, the preliminary stages of the plot were conducted in the neighboring towns of Ulm and Neu-Ulm, which, despite being on opposite banks of the Rhine river, are in different states and are policed by separate departments. But unlike in America, where, before 9/11, FBI agents...
...kamikazes—much like Islamist suicide bombers??were fed a false account of their own cultural heritage. They were told that the samurai code, “bushido,” required self-sacrifice rather than surrender. But the Japanese military’s mantra repeated a fabricated history—according to Thomas, “many ancient Japanese warriors had been prisoners of war.” The scholarly Admiral Kurita penetrated through the “bushido” ruse. Too many of his countrymen...
British authorities now believe the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers??the first such incident in the country’s history—and have identified three of the four suspects as British citizens of Pakistani descent...
...News. The existence of a channel like Fox means that terminology fine-tuned in the White House can quickly enter the political conversation as though it were objective terminology and not rhetoric. A classic example was Ari Fleischer’s April 2002 nonsensical term “homicide bombers?? to describe Hamas suicide attacks. Fleischer was exhibiting that classic Bush-administration courage by scoring rhetorical points against terrorists, but the actual term is meaningless and even counterproductive. What bomber is not homicidal? The term “suicide bomber” exists to distinguish between terrorists...
After Pedro Martinez pitched the Sox to a 4-2 victory in last Friday’s rain-delayed contest, the Yankees went on to win both of the final two games by a 9-8 score, with each of the victories coming in the Bronx Bombers?? final at-bat of the game...