On what basis did al-qaeda most likely choose its first american bombing targets?

the targets were apt to contain a large number of us troops.
the targets were at sea, so no one else around would be hurt.
the targets had repeatedly attacked the taliban government.
the targets were in africa, which is not far from the middle east.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.