Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Bin Laden iyo al-Zawahiri waxay abaabuleen shirweyne al-Qaacida bishii June 24, 1998. Waxyaabaha
Qaraxyadii safaaradaha Maraykanka ee 1998 waxay ahaayeen weeraro taxane ah oo dhacay August 7, 1998, kuwaas oo boqolaal qof ay ku dhinteen qaraxyo baabuur oo isku mar ah safaaradaha Maraykanka ee magaalooyinka waaweyn ee Bariga Afrika ee Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, iyo Nairobi, Kenya. Weerarradaas waxaa lala xidhiidhiyay xubno maxali ah oo ka tirsan ururka Jihaadka Islaamiga ah ee Masar, waxayna keeneen Osama bin Laden iyo Ayman al-Zawahiri oo marki ugu horeysay soo jiitay dareenka dadweynaha Mareykanka. Al-Qaacida ayaa markii dambe sheegatay mas'uuliyadda qaraxyada.