1998 United States embassy bombings

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Event.png 1998 United States embassy bombings (bombing,  mid-level deep event?) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Date7 August 1998
LocationDar es Salaam,  Tanzania,  Nairobi,  Kenya
Blamed onAl Qaeda
TypeTruck 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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