A total of 248 people, including a dozen Americans, were killed in the terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi on August 7, 1998. A twin attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania killed 11 people, all Africans. Osama bin Laden is the suspected mastermind of the bombings. Through the Saudis, the United States asked the Taliban, the Islamic movement that controls most of Afghanistan, to deport bin Laden, but they refused. Evidence suggests that the terror suspects accused in the bombings, regardless of their nationality or place of residence, are associates of bin Laden or associated with terrorist groups under his control.