Missile Strike on Afghanistan and Sudan

On August 20, 1998 President Clinton chose to take action against Bin Laden’s involvement in the US Embassy bombings by launching missiles in Afghanistan.

The Clinton administration was pressed by the public and by political opponent about the choice of location of the targets. They claimed that the targets were site of terrorist organization meetings and a Sudanese pharmaceutical company that Bin Laden was producing chemical weapons in.

The missile strike resulted in 24 deaths, which did not include Bin Laden. It appeared to be an act of Terrorism taken by the US government. The evidence that the US government used to justify their actions were incredibly flawed. Their test of the plant’s soil to prove if there were chemical weapons being produced was inconclusive. Additionally, the US government was not able to come up with evidence linking the plant of Bin Laden or affiliated organizations.

The negligent actions shows that the Clinton administration was eager to admonish terrorism, but in the process of doing so lead an unwarranted attack.