The Prototypical Suicide Bombing on a Bus

A fictionalized account of a suicide bombing on a bus is published by Simon & Schuster. The book opens with the story of a young man who kills himself, his parents and 20 other passengers in an act of terrorism. Peter Bergen says he's been criticized for imagining what it would be like to carry out this kind of attack. He argues that such attacks are not unusual; they have happened all over the world throughout history.