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The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.
Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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