Following the attacks, some foreign workers either fled the country or were evacuated by the companies they worked for, as they felt it was too dangerous to stay.[14] The attack provided "a significant morale boost for al-Qaeda" according to the Jamestown Terrorism Monitor.[2] However, an expert from the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies interviewed by the New York Times stated the lack of strategic importance of the sites indicates the weakness of the extremists.[3]