As a result of the bombing , the U.S. Congress passed Process_end the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 , which tightened Cause_change_of_strength the standards for habeas corpus in the United States , as well as legislation designed to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the protection around federal buildings to deter future terrorist attacks .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by paratroopers , the French and their Vietnamese allies tightened Cause_change_of_strength a net around the defending Viet Minh , but delays Change_event_time in the movement of French forces left gaps through which most of the Viet Minh guerillas , and many of the arms caches the operation was expected to seize , escaped .

According to analysts , the operation Military_operation may have tightened Cause_change_of_strength the government 's grip on east Damascus .