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On this day in 1998, retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, the United States launched cruise missile strikes against al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan and what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan.

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EMT said:

Yes, an asprin factory and some empty mud huts hit with a few million dollars worth of missiles with zero demonstrable effect on Al Queda. Is that really "retaliation" for the complete destruction of two embassies and the deaths of hundreds?

Link | August 20, 2008 7:41 AM
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