Islamic suicide attacks not a recent phenomenon as once thought?

We're all used to by now "radical" Imams instructing the Muslim youth to strap on some dynamite, detonate, kill infidels, and enter paradise--as this Imam told British Muslims, or as "superstar"Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi told millions of al-Jazeera viewers--and well demonstrated by polls that show that a considerable number of young Muslims think suicide attacks are justifiable. But it has always appeared to be a recent phenomenon. According to some Pakistani ulema, however, suicide attacks in the name of Islam and shahada (martyrdom) go back to the 1965 war with India. "Suicide bombing and Islam," by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd) for the Pak Tribune, July 23: ...