<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings" id="mwAXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1998 United States embassy bombings">U.S. embassy bombings</a>: The United States launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Infinite_Reach" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Infinite Reach">cruise missile attacks</a> against alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_training_camp" id="mwAXc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghan training camp">camps</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_pharmaceutical_factory" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory">suspected chemical weapons plant</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> in retaliation for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="August 7">August 7</a> bombings of American embassies in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" id="mwAXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" id="mwAX0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>.