Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa20 August 1998, fekitari yacho yakaparadzwa pakurwiswa nezvombo zvemauto zvakatangwa nemauto eUnited States zvichida somutsivo nokuda kwebhomba remotokari
kurwiswa kwevamiriri vayo muDar es Salaam, Tanzania, neNairobi, Kenya, musi wa7 Nyamavhuvhu. Hurumende yaPurezidhendi Bill Clinton yakaruramisa kurwiswa uku, kwakatumidzwa kuti Operation Infinite Reach, ichiti nzvimbo yeal-Shifa yaibatanidzwa mukugadzira mushonga unouraya unoparadza tsinga unonzi VX, uye yaiva neukama neboka reIslamist al-Qaeda raOsama bin Laden, iro raifungidzirwa kuti ndiro rakakonzera kurwiswa kwebhomba kweembassy uye Operation Bojinka, chirongwa chinonzi chemagandanga chakakura. Chiito cheU.S. musi waAugust 20 chakarovawo misasa yeAl-Qaeda muAfghanistan, uko bin Laden akanga atamira pashure pokudzingwa kwake muna May 1996 achibva kuSudan.