Global terrorism loomed large in the minds of many Americans by the end of the twentieth century. Before the tragedy of September, 11, 2001, al Qaeda first targeted the World Trade Center with a truck bomb in 1993. Five years later, the terror network conducted simultaneous attacks outside the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people. Public concern over the threat of domestic terrorism increased following the 1995 Oklahoma City and 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombings. As the Year 2000 approached, federal law enforcement, alongside local police and emergency workers, worried that large millennium celebrations might become targets.
Global terrorism loomed large in the minds of many Americans by the end of the twentieth century. Before the tragedy of September, 11, 2001, al Qaeda first targeted the World Trade Center with a truck bomb in 1993. Five years later, the terror network conducted simultaneous attacks outside the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people. Public concern over the threat of domestic terrorism increased following the 1995 Oklahoma City and 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombings. As the Year 2000 approached, federal law enforcement, alongside local police and emergency workers, worried that large millennium celebrations might become targets.
Global terrorism loomed large in the minds of many Americans by the end of the twentieth century. Before the tragedy of September, 11, 2001, al Qaeda first targeted the World Trade Center with a truck bomb in 1993. Five years later, the terror network conducted simultaneous attacks outside the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people. Public concern over the threat of domestic terrorism increased following the 1995 Oklahoma City and 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombings. As the Year 2000 approached, federal law enforcement, alongside local police and emergency workers, worried that large millennium celebrations might become targets.
