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Operation Infinite Reach

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• ... that in response to al-Qaeda's August 7, 1998, bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, President Bill Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on Osama bin Laden's Afghan training camps and a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant?

Improved to Good Article status by GeneralizationsAreBad (talk). Self-nominated at 03:53, 17 August 2016 (UTC).

• Recently promoted to GA, definitely long enough, within policy, hook cited with books, User doesn't have 5 DYK credits so no QPQ required. Good to go. Kges1901 (talk) 10:59, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

• @GeneralizationsAreBad and Kges1901: - Hook is 223 characters, that's too long, can you come up with a shorter one?

• @MPJ-DK: How about, ... that on August 20, 1998, President Bill Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on Osama bin Laden's Afghan training camps and a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant? GAB^gab 17:43, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

• Shoter version of the approved hook, I think we're on good grounds here now. To prep 2