24 July 2005 - suicide bomber

And is running away a mistake? If you are a suspected suicide bomber in public, and the police deem it to be safer for the public to shoot you in the head, then your best chance to live is to not to follow orders, it is to flee with your last atom of speed and cunning. To avoid the risk, as terrorists know and citizens do not, you must avoid appearing suspicious; never carry a leg of furniture, or a dark-colored cell phone, and never ever move from a hot climate to a cooler one. And tell your elected officials that the Gordian Knot cannot be cut by the Sword of Damocles: The end will finally come when the rivers run braided and black shale forms beneath the waters.