1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-733 FUpdated September 1, 1998Terrorism: U. S. Response to Bombings in Kenyaand Tanzania: A New Policy Direction?Raphael F PerlSpecialist in International AffairsForeign Affairs and National D
2、efense DivisionSummaryOn August 20,1998 the United States launched retaliatory and preemptive missilestrikes against training bases and infrastructure in Afghanistan used by groups affiliatedwith radical extremist and terrorist financier Usama bin Laden. A “pharmaceutical” plantin Sudan, making a cr
3、itical nerve gas component, was destroyed as well. This is the firsttime the U.S. has unreservedly acknowledged a preemptive military strike against aterrorist organization or network. This has led to speculation that faced with a growingnumber of major attacks on U.S. persons and property and mount
4、ing casualties, U.S.policymakers may be setting a new direction in counter-terrorism a more proactive andglobal policy, less constrained when targeting terrorists, their bases, or infrastructure.Questions raised include: What is the nature and extent of any actual policy shift; whatare its pros and
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