August 7th, 1998: The US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya were bombed simultaneously. The attacksn were attributed to Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and they brought Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and theterrorist organization, al-Qaeda, to the attention of the American public for the first time.
These attacks were an example of fourth generation warfare (4GW), which uses terrorism as a regular tactic. Read our article to learn how asymmetrical warfare developed and modern 4GW blurs the lines between war and politics at Ammo.com