1. As time passes, proponents of peace talks have said they worry that bombings will lead to complications in US policy. 2. That bombing led to criticism that the military was not as vigilant as it should have been. 3. The bombing led to international pressure on Yasser Arafat and pushed him to declare a cease-fire. 4. The Oklahoma City bombing leads one to ask questions of that kind. 5. A State Department official said the bombing led to the early closing Friday of the American Center in Islamabad and consular offices in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. 6. In the past, bombings have led to Israeli restrictions on the Palestinians, halting peace talks. 7. More bombings would lead to more arrests in the Gaza Strip and this could prompt attacks against Palestinian Authority officials. 8. The bombings have led to an outpouring of faith in Yugoslavia, where thousands of Serbs attended midnight mass defying the warnings of air-raid sirens. 9. The bombings led U.S. President Bill Clinton to postpone a new initiative by envoy Dennis Ross to try and break the impasse between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators. 10. The bombing led to mass protests in China. |