However , the 9/11 Commission found that although '' " former Sudanese officials claim that Sudan offered to expel bin Laden to the United States " , " ... we have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim . " '' Amb . Carney reportedly had instructions only to press the Sudanese to expel bin Laden because the U.S. government had no legal basis ( i.e. , no indictment outstanding ) to ask the Sudanese for further action . In August 1998 , two years after the warnings , the U.S. launched cruise missile strikes against Khartoum in retaliation for the East Africa embassy bombings
the East Africa embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
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