Suicide Attacks: where politics is played for keeps

I started this data collection November 12, 2009 with a bombing in Pakistan where there have been regular suicide bombings since. I believe the photo is from that first bombing

Baghdad has also been a 'favorite' target for bombings. Today it became 'breaking news'. The Washington Post reported

News Alert
05:03 AM EST Tuesday, December 8, 2009

More than 85 are killed in string of bombings in Baghdad.

A series of bombings apparently targeting educational facilities and other crowded areas killed scores of people in Baghdad on Tuesday morning. At least six bombings were reported. The explosions took place minutes apart.


For more information, visit washingtonpost.com - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/WUOQBH/HM11H/TLYM4O/CQP00L/V8ZTF/AZ/

I could have started a new search, but given the ongoing character of this mode of action it seems like it is better to handle it all together and eventually sort it out by place and time.

09/12/08

Again suicide bombing becomes breaking news from The Washington Post

News Alert
06:45 PM EST Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Suicide bomber attacks CIA base in Afghanistan, killing at least 8 Americans

A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday inside an Afghan military base used by the CIA, killing at least eight Americans in what is believed to be the deadliest single attack on U.S. intelligence personnel in the eight-year-long war, U.S. officials said.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/46MP2V/LXDS3/5AUSRX/JPQT0Q/JRX54/HK/t

This time it is 8 Americans in the CIA base in Afghanistan.