The Baha'i Studies Listserv According to Wikipedia the first suicide attack by the Tamil Tigers was in 1987. So yes,you are right that the Beruit bombing was earlier. Still many of the descriptions of the issue I've been finding give the Tamil Tigers "credit" for "perfecting" the suicide attack and inspiring others.
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> Interesting historical note is that Tamil Tigers were actually the >> modern pioneers of the suicide attack. > > The suicide bombing of the Marine base was in 1983. The Tamil Tiger's > assassinated Rajiv Gandhi via a suicide attack in 1991. I don't recall > anything before then. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-548896-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-548900-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
