Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Remembering Dar Es Salaam


Source: http://www.theusreport.com/the-us-report/2010/11/20/rep-king-hammers-obama-after-first-al-qaeda-trial-in-civil-c.html

The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es SalaamTanzania, and NairobiKenya. The date of the bombings marked the eighth anniversary of the arrival of American forces in Saudi Arabia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings



"DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA– President Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, laid a wreath at the U.S. Embassy here at a solemn memorial for victims of a 1998 terrorist bombing that killed dozens.
The two presidents walked side-by-side to a block of stone outside the embassy compound, which was adorned with a plaque with the names of the victims of the Aug. 7, 1998 blast, and a quote from then-President Bill Clinton. A Marine in dress uniform laid the red, white and blue wreath on an easel as the presidents, along with family members of the victims and embassy personnel, observed a moment of silence. Obama and Bush, dressed in dark suits and ties, bowed their heads."  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/02/in-tanzania-obama-bush-lay-wreath-for-1998-bombing-victims/


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