°° The American bombing of Afghanistan, begun on
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- Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II pp. 395-397 · open book
°° The American bombing of Afghanistan, begun on 7 October 2001 and followed by a nilitary occupation of much of the country, gave rise to dozens of terrorist actions against American individuals and institutions, as well as Christian and other Western targets, in South Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere; a dozen or so attacks in Pakistan alone (includ- ng the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl’) and ool KILLING HOPE the most disastrous one in Bali, Indonesia, on 12 October, which killed more than 180 peo- ple, almost all Australians, Americans, or British; the two leading suspects arrested in that case each stated that he had acted in retaliation for the US attack on Afghanistan andMuslims.