The sentencing to death of the mastermind in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl may add more incentive to avoid travel to Pakistan. Militant groups could lash out either at the Pakistani government or visiting foreigners to vent their anger at what they consider American pressure for a conviction and Pakistani collusion. Further, grenades were hurled at a busload of tourists, most of them Germans, July 13 at an archaeological site in northern Pakistan, injuring 12. The incident was one in a series of attacks on Westerners in recent months.
