Uganda, Nov. 27 -- The recent terror attacks in Kampala have forced the government into a swift and brutal counterterrorism offensive in which several of the suspected attackers have been hunted and shot dead.

These unrelenting shoot-to-kill operations have provoked criticisms from human rights activists, who say the terror and bomb suspects are killed even where they have already been disabled or subdued.

But who are the terror, bomb suspects?

When Kampala was bombed in 2010, the Somalia-based terror organisation al-Shabaab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility.

But in contrast, the bomb attacks launched this year have been claimed by the Islamic State or ISIS or IS or ISIL.

For the 2010 attacks, government agreed w...