Pilger’s faulty logic

In a New Statesman cover story, John Pilger illogically explains the significance of the first suicide attacks on British soil while taking a cheap shot at Ariel Sharon:

The gravity of the bombing of London, said a BBC commentator, “can be measured by the fact that it marks Britain’s first suicide bombing”. What about Iraq? There were no suicide bombers in Iraq until Blair and Bush invaded. What about Palestine? There were no suicide bombers in Palestine until Ariel Sharon, an accredited war criminal sponsored by Bush and Blair, came to power.

Pilger is just plain wrong about Palestinian suicide bombings, which began over seven years before Sharon came to power.

(Hat tip: Stan and Adam)