Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana August 7, 1998
zvitima zvine mabhomba zvakaputitswa pavamiriri veUnited States mumaguta makuru maviri akasiyana eEast Africa: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, uye Nairobi, Kenya. Kuputika uku kwakauraya vanhu 224, kwakakuvadza vanopfuura 4.500, uye kwakaparadza zvinhu zvakawanda. Kunyange zvazvo vokuAmerica gumi navaviri vakaurawa mukurwiswa uku, ruzhinji rwevakaurawa vakanga vari vanhuwo zvavo vokuKenya. Boka reAl-Qaeda rakatsunga kuva rinotarisira denho dzacho. Kufananidzirwa kweAl-Qaeda mukati menyika yenhau dzekuMadokero kwaizoenderera mberi kuve kwakakurumbira mukupindura kubhomba kwa1998; bin Laden akazoiswa pane Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) runyorwa rwevanonyanya kutsvaga vapoteri. Pamberi pokubhomba, Al-Qaeda yakanga isingazivikanwi zvikuru noruzhinji rwokuMadokero. CIA, zvisinei, yakanga ichinyatsoziva nezveAl-Qaeda pamberi pokurwisa. Sero reAl-Qaeda muEast Africa rakanga rakatongorongororwa neCIA pamberi pokurwiswa. Mumiriri weNairobi akanga awedzera matanho okudzivirira uye akanyevera nezvezvinetso zvaro. Mukuwedzera, vamiririri vanobva kuU.S. vakatumirwa kuNairobi Embassy kuti vaongorore kuchengeteka, pazviitiko zvakawanda, vasati vaputika mabhomba. Kuputika mabhomba paimba yamamishinari kwakaratidza kuti United States yaigona kukanganiswa nekutyisidzira kwepasi rose kuri kuwedzera kunokonzerwa nehugandanga.