KENYA: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has laid a wreath at the site of 1998 U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya

Record ID: 1527004

  • Title: KENYA: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has laid a wreath at the site of 1998 U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Date: 7th August 2009
  • Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (FILE) (REUTERS) VIEW OF SMOKING BUILDINGS AFTER BOMBING DAMAGED CARS FIRE DAMAGED BUS/ PEOPLE WALKING DEAD BODIES INSIDE BUS SMOKING BUILDINGS INJURED PEOPLE SITTING ON CURB VARIOUS OF INJURED MAN BEING LED TO A CAR INJURED ADMINISTRATION POLICE OFFICER
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2009 12:46
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  • Location: Kenya
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: International Relations
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  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton laid a wreath at the site of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday (August 6).
    She also met survivors of the attack and said visiting the memorial was an opportunity to renew U.S. resolve to fight against terrorism.
    "This is an opportunity to renew our resolve to do all that you can to ensure that these attacks don't take more innocent lives in the future," Clinton said.
    U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were bombed on August 7, 1998. The attack in Kenya killed 218 people. The Tanzania bombing killed 11 and wounded at least 85.
    Later on Thursday, in Nairobi, Clinton was scheduled to meet Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed who is battling an insurgency led by Al Shabaab, a militant group inspired by al Qaeda, which has taken control of much of southern and central Somalia.
    Al Shabaab is on the list of Washington's list of terrorist groups.
    Clinton said she would discuss with President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed how the world could help stabilise the Horn of Africa country, which Western security agencies say is a haven for militants plotting attacks in the region and beyond.
    Clinton is on a seven-nation trip to Africa.
    Her trip comes less than a month after U.S. President Barack Obama visited Ghana and told African leaders that Western aid must be matched by good governance and greater attempts to end war, disease and corruption.
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