If I was UNOCAL, and I wanted to prompt the US to enter into a war with Afghanistan so I could get my pipepline through Afghanistan and not Iran or through the Bosporus (as ludicrous as that seems) you know what I'd do? Drop a plane into the Statue of Liberty, and another into Mt Rushmore. No disruption of the NYSE and my investments, no risk of damage to the global economy, minimal deaths, and a nation of hopping mad Americans.