Both the frequency and intensity of suicide bombing incidents have increased since early this month. While in the past, suicide bombings mostly happened in the NWFP and adjacent tribal belt, now the federal capital Islamabad and Punjab’s provincial capital Lahore are also being targeted repeatedly. This renewed wave of terror is apparently the reaction of the militants to the military operations in Swat and the tribal areas and it is ever more horrible as the terrorists are now targeting educational institutions. The bombings at the Islamic University in Islamabad is the most shocking event in the recent past of terrorist violence. There is a general feeling of dread and insecurity among the public. Today, the federal educational institutions are reopening while those in the frontier province remain closed till the end of the month. The general public and the political analysts keep asking whether our security system is really capable of dealing with bloodthirsty militants whose fear is interrupting the normal life and peace of the entire nation.