aq and Kuwait would soon involve the United States. The US had a large investment with Kuwaiti oil, and would not let their (the US's) financial security be harmed. As in the Vietnam, and the Afghani - Russian war, the United States "interfered" with other people's business. To a leader such as Usama Bin Laden, this interference was an outrage. The US was "trespassing" on sacred ground, and must be taught not to interfere. Usama Bin Laden, and his terrorist cells finally brought terrorism home to US soil in December of 1993 when the World Trade Center was bombed. Usama Bin Laden proudly claimed responsibility for the terrorist acts. His goal was to bring down the heart of the United State's financial world (abcnews.go.com), and to cripple its citizen's sense of safety. His planned failed, but it did bring fear to all American citizens. As a result, the FBI's top priority was now Bin Laden, yet in the coming years the United States would do little to strengthen its security at home and abroad. Airport security remained unchanged except for the baggage handling questions (which prevents little), and antiterrorist groups were not given the proper funding, and therefore did little to gain information about upcoming attacks (Beres, 74).August of 1998 would send a shockwave through the US and its sense of security. "Near simultaneous bombings occurred at the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. In Nairobi 291 people were killed and over 5,000 wounded. Ten people were killed and 77 injured in the bombing at Dar Es Salaam" (usemb.se). US officials believed Usama Bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization was responsible for the bombings. In a haphazard retaliation, the US attacked rebel camps in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia where Bin Laden's terrorist's organizations were supposedly based. Little collateral damage was done, and Bin Laden became more outraged. The United States would rest easy for a couple more years ...
