African Embassy Bombings - One Year Ago
Guide Extra: 8/8/99
On August 7, 1998, terrorist bombs exploded at U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The bombs killed 224 people including 12 Americans. Thousands of other people were injured.
Seventeen persons have been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors in New York. Nine suspects remain at large, including Saudi, Usama Bin Laden, who is accused of ordering the attack.
Yesterday (August 7), Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, marked the anniversary of the embassy bombings by pledging that "we will not rest" until the terrorists responsible are caught.
State Department Press Release on the Bombings - 8/7/1998
Includes several links to related actions and statements of those involved.
President Clinton's Speech of 8/8/1988
"The most powerful tool in our counterterrorism arsenal is our determination to never
give up." President Clinton in reaction to the bombings. From the Washington Post.
State
Department Press Release on US Strikes Against Suspected Terrorists
From 8/20/1998 - Information on US military strikes conducted in response to the embassy
bombings.
Bureau of
Diplomatic Security Coverage of the Bombings
"This isn't politics. This isn't religion. This is murder." U.S. State
Department
Usama
Bin Laden Information - FBI
"MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER
U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN
DEATH"
ABC News Coverage of the Remembrance Ceremony
Ceremonies Commemorate U.S. Embassy Bombings; Albright Pledges to Continue Search for
Terrorists
