Question

Which of the following was true of al-Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) It was linked to the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

What was true of al-Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks was that "It was linked to the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa."

We are talking about the terrorist attacks over the American embassies in two African countries on August 7, 1998. The attacks were planned simultaneously over the American Embassy in Daar El Saalam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. After investigations, the attacks were related to the terrorist group al-Qaeda and his leader, Osama bin Laden.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D.

The 1998 United States embassy bombing occurred on August 7, eight years to the day after US troop were ordered to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

200 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African cities, one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and one in Nairobi, Kenya.

Al Queda was liked to these attacks as Osama Bin Laden considered the presence of US troops in the Saudi Arabia, home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, a great offence. One theory says that they were carried out as revenge for the US involvement in the extradition and torturing of members of the Egyptian Jihad.

After the attacks, Osama bin Laden had been put on the ten-most-wanted fugitives list.