All 3 Uses of
embassy
in
No Easy Day
- The Navy's counter-terrorism unit was born in the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed 1980 mission ordered by President Jimmy Carter to rescue fifty-two Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.†
p. 17.5
- In 1998, al Qaeda became a household name when his group bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.†
p. 162.3 *
- He followed up the embassy attacks by bombing the USS Cole in Aden harbor in 2000.†
p. 162.3
Definition:
an ambassador and staff who live in a country to represent their home country; or the building where they work