The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two Eas
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The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the aftermath of the August 7, 1998, al Qaida suicide bombing
A Nissan Atlas truck, similar to that used in Dar es Salaam
Wreckage and debris from the Nairobi bombing
Operation Infinite Reach
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Operation Infinite Reach was the codename for American cruise missile strikes on al-Qaeda bases that were launched concurrently across two continents on 20 August 1998. Launched by the U.S. Navy, the
1998 United States embassy bombings
…Abdullah were deemed responsible with planning and orchestrating the bombings. In retaliation for the bombings, U.S. president Bill Clinton ordered Operation Infinite Reach on August 20, 1998. Many American sources concluded that the bombings were intended as revenge for United States involvement in the extradition and…
The remains of the destroyed Al-Shifa facility
Excerpt from Mullah Omar's August 22, 1998, phone call with a U.S. diplomat
Bill Clinton