Saying "there will be no sanctuary for terrorists," President Clinton on Thursday said the U.S. strikes against terrorist bases in Afghanistan and another target in Sudan are part of "a long, ongoing struggle between freedom and fanaticism." The cruise-missile attacks were in retaliation for the recent bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa.
Seven sites were targeted -- one in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and six in Afghanistan, about 95 miles south of Kabul near the Afghani-Pakistani border, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Hugh Shelton told reporters.
The facility in Khartoum manufactured chemicals for weapons, officials said. It was located northeast of the city in an industrial area, the Pentagon said.( CNN, August 20, 1998)