Simultaneous truck bombings at the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 killed more than 200 people, mostly locals.
The attacks were linked to Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, another top Al Qaeda operative, and brought Al Qaeda to the public’s attention for the first time.
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Iran attack on UK embassy: 5 high profile embassy breaches
The best-known example of what happens when hostility reaches a breaking point is the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979, but numerous embassies have been stormed since then.
3. Bombings of US embassies in Tanzania, Kenya (Aug. 7, 1998)
