Buuxi weedhan soo socota: 20kii Agoosto 1998, warshadda waxaa lagu burburiyay gantaallo gantaal ah oo ay soo rogeen ciidamada Mareykanka oo la sheegay inay ka aargoosanayaan gaariga qarxay
weeraradii lagu qaaday safaaradihii EU-da ee Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, iyo Nairobi, Kenya, 7kii Agoosto. Maamulka madaxweyne Bill Clinton wuxuu sababeeyay weerarrada, oo loo yaqaan Operation Infinite Reach, iyadoo ku saleysan in warshadda al-Shifa ay ku lug laheyd ka shaqeynta sunta neerfaha ee dilaaga ah ee VX, waxayna xiriir la lahayd kooxda Islaamiyiinta ee al-Qaacida ee Osama bin Laden, oo la rumeysan yahay inay ka dambeeyeen qaraxyadii safaaradaha iyo Howlgalka Bojinka, oo ah shirqool argagixiso oo baaxad weyn leh. Tallaabada Mareykanka ee 20-kii Ogosto waxay sidoo kale ku dhufatay xeryaha al-Qaacida ee Afgaanistaan, halkaas oo Bin Laden uu u guuray ka dib markii laga saaray Suudaan bishii May 1996.