1998 United States embassy bombings
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1998-united-states-embassy-bombings-165-18153578
title:
1998 United States embassy bombings
text:
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in East African capital cities, one at the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the other at the United States embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah were credited with being the masterminds behind the bombings.
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Attacks on US Embassies in Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings
date created:
2001-11-02T00:14:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:42:53Z
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