Terrorism is a common occurrence in the world, including the United States. Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce the government or its citizens to achieve certain political or social goals. Law enforcement generally recognizes two types of terrorism: domestic and international. Domestic terrorism is based and carried out in the United States by citizens. International terrorism, which is associated with foreign governments or groups, transcends the boundaries of the American nation. Terrorist actions against American citizens can happen anywhere in the world, including their embassies. This paper will analyze two attacks on US embassies in the last 40 years or so. One was of a bombastic nature and took place in the very old year of 2019, while the other was characterized as a hostage crisis and took place in 1979. What they have in common is that the targets were American embassies and for both reasons there was retaliation. What are the specifics of the security response and the consequences of the attack on these two embassies will be explained in this paper.