On 7 August 1998 , al-Qaeda struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , killing 224 people , including 12 Americans . In retaliation , U.S. President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach , a bombing campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets the U.S. asserted were associated with WIFJAJC , although others have questioned whether a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan was used as a chemical warfare facility . The plant produced much of the region 's antimalarial drugs and around 50 % of Sudan 's pharmaceutical needs . The strikes failed to kill any leaders of WIFJAJC or the Taliban
struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
1998 United States embassy bombings
War on Terror