Major terrorist attacks linked to Al Qaeda since mid-1998:
AUG. 7, 1998 Car bombings of United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, kill 224 people, including 12 Americans, and wound thousands.
OCT. 12, 2000 An explosive-laden dinghy explodes next to the American destroyer Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors.