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|start=7 August 1998
 
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|description=A pair of simultaneous explosions in Kenya and Tanzania, blamed on [[Al Qaeda]].
 
|image=1998 United States embassy bombings.jpg
 
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|constitutes=bombing, mid-level deep event?
 
|ON_perpetrators=Al Qaeda
 
|ON_perpetrators=Al Qaeda
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|locations=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya
A pair of simultaneous explosions in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]].
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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings
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|latitude=1°17′S
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|longitude=36°49′E
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|type=Truck bombs
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|fatalities=224
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|injuries=4000
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}}The '''1998 United States embassy bombings''' were a pair of simultaneous explosions in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]].
  
 
==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
 
Al Qaedah.
 
Al Qaedah.
==Normalization==
 
[[Colin Powell]] said after the bombings that [[terrorism]] “is the cost of doing business” in today’s world.<ref>http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/terror-climate-chaos-financial-crisis-are-costs-doing-business-325052240</ref>
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 25 April 2023

Event.png 1998 United States embassy bombings (bombing,  mid-level deep event?) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
1998 United States embassy bombings.jpg
Date7 August 1998
LocationDar es Salaam,  Tanzania,  Nairobi,  Kenya
Blamed onAl Qaeda
Type Truck bombs
Deaths224
Injured (non-fatal)4000
DescriptionA pair of simultaneous explosions in Kenya and Tanzania, blamed on Al Qaeda.

The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a pair of simultaneous explosions in Kenya and Tanzania.

Official narrative

Al Qaedah.

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Colin Powell“[Terrorism] is the cost of doing business and it's not just something that can happen overseas but, as this community knows better than anyone, it can happen here... I think there are limits to what you can do in a free society.”Colin Powell11 August 1998

 

The Official Culprit

NameDescription
Al-QaedaA sketchy term that has been repeated endlessly by the corporate media. Its close connections to Western intelligence agencies are never examined. "The Brotherhood" of the modern era.
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