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To: carranza2 who wrote (52032)	10/14/2002 4:15:40 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In seeking to build a Pan-Southeast-Asia Islamic State the zeaolots involved don't care about economics. They also do not want Western influences of any kind - especially the hedonistic kind found in Bali. In hindsight (as always) this was a perfect target for the suspected terrorists - it represents everything they hate. John

To: carranza2 who wrote (52032)	10/14/2002 4:46:03 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi carranza2; Re: "I really don't understand these acts of self-destruction." The people who make money off of tourists in Bali didn't set off the explosion. Instead, people who think that tourists in Bali were from a country with evil foreign policy and personal habits set off the explosion. The people who set off the explosion would like nothing better than for no tourists to come from Australia to Bali. The same thing applies to Egypt. Hell, Bali isn't even Muslim, it's Hindu: bali-paradise.com -- Carl