Twenty years ago, on 7 August 1998, al-Qaeda blew up the U.S. Embassies on Kenya and Tanzania, massacring 200+ people, most of them in Kenya. This was al-Qaeda's entry into the world stage as a serious terrorist menace. 
On this anniversary of al-Qaeda's assault on the U.S.'s East African Embassies, it is worth remembering that later investigation found al-Qaeda was enabled to do this by training #Iran provided to them.
7 August #OTD:
1933: The massacre of Assyrian Christians at Simele in Iraq
1964: Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing LBJ to deal with North Vietnam's aggression against the South
1990: First U.S. troops arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of Op DESERT SHIELD
1933: The massacre of Assyrian Christians at Simele in Iraq
1964: Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing LBJ to deal with North Vietnam's aggression against the South
1990: First U.S. troops arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of Op DESERT SHIELD
