Cika wannan magana: A ranar 7 ga Agusta, 1998
Motocin bam sun tashi a ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a manyan biranen Afirka biyu daban-daban: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, da Nairobi, Kenya. Wadannan fashewar sun kashe mutane 224, sun ji rauni fiye da 4,500, kuma sun haifar da asarar dukiya mai yawa. Kodayake an kashe Amurkawa goma sha biyu a cikin wadannan hare-haren, yawancin wadanda suka mutu 'yan fararen hula ne na Kenya. Wani bangare na al-Qaeda an ƙaddara shi ne alhakin hare-haren. Hoton Al-Qaeda a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na Yammacin Turai zai ci gaba da zama sananne sosai saboda hare-haren bam na 1998; daga baya an sanya bin Laden a cikin jerin 'yan gudun hijirar da ake nema na FBI. Kafin hare-haren, al-Qaeda ba a san shi ba ga jama'ar Yammacin Turai. CIA, duk da haka, ta san Al-Qaeda kafin hare-haren. Hukumar leken asiri ta CIA ta sa ido a kan rukunin al-Qaeda a Gabashin Afirka kafin hare-haren. Ofishin Jakadancin Nairobi ya kara matakan tsaro kuma ya ba da gargadi game da raunin sa. Bugu da kari, an tura wakilai daga Amurka zuwa Ofishin Jakadancin Nairobi don tantance tsaro, a lokuta da dama, kafin tashin bama-bamai. Harin bam din da aka kai a ofishin jakadancin ya fallasa yiwuwar Amurka ga barazanar duniya da ta'addanci ke haifarwa.