On August 7 , 1998 , Al-Qaeda bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , killing 224 people , including 12 Americans . The U.S. launched cruise missile strikes on a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan , yet this failed to destroy al-Qaeda 's vast network
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