Re:
> In reality, the term "homicide bomber" is an American invention. The phrase
> was coined in April 2002 by White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer when he

Nope (the "coined by" part)

Although he certainly popularized it, when he used it on 2002-04-13.

I can find three apparent original older references to it via searching:

http://www.uscj.org/neweng/framingham/mission1.htm has 2001-12-09:
   "That is the location where the suicide (homicide) bomber blew himself"

http://www.honestreporting.com/Critiques/2002/25_bombers.asp
(allegedly 2002-03-27):
   "Pathology of the Homicide Bomber"

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22homicide+bomber%22&start=190&hl=en&lr=&sco
ring=d&selm=PM00039DC9BEA6E276%40dhcppc0.cox.net&rnum=192
2002-04-04 01:56:54 PST
   "They might just as well been some crazed homicide bomber"


Does it matter much?  Nope...but it was interesting to research :)
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