On what basis did al-qaeda most likely choose its first american bombing targets?

a. the targets were apt to contain a large number of us troops.

b. the targets were at sea, so no one else around would be hurt.

c. the targets had repeatedly attacked the taliban government.

d. the targets were in africa, which is not far from the middle east.

D. The targets were in Africa, which is not far from the Middle East.

Explanation:

The first attacks that al-Qaeda carried out against American targets took place in Africa. The most likely reason for this is the fact that Africa is not very far from the Middle East, and al-Qaeda is an organization based in the Middle East. Some examples of such attacks are the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1998.

i believe the answer would be 1.

the enslaved people onboard suffered from illness with some frequency