By 1999 al-Qaeda had emerged as a significant terrorist threat . The 1998 bombings of two U.S. African embassies were the latest in a string of attacks on American interests in the west Indian-Ocean region . And in 2000 the USS Cole was bombed in Aden in an attempt to sink her , killing 17 naval personnel
1998 bombings of two U.S. African embassies
1998 United States embassy bombings
George Tenet