This photo shows hundreds of

This photo shows hundreds of Balinese participating in a seaside service in honor of those murdered in the Sari Club bombing.

The Australian press is reporting that in the U.S., little notice has been taken of the terrorism in Bali. I hope that isn’t true; it certainly isn’t true in the blogosphere. But, as I noted here a couple of days ago, Australia lost more citizens, as a percentage of her population, in the Sari Club bombing than the United States did on September 11. In a very real sense, this was Australia’s September 11; in addition, of course, citizens of many other countries, including the U.S., perished. This is just one story of many. Here is another.

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