The
anniversary of the attacks on New York and
Washington has been marked across Africa, while
some newspapers have used the occasion to warn
the United States against attacking Iraq.
Am 7. August 1998 waren die
diplomatischen Vertretungen der USA in der
kenianischen Hauptstadt Nairobi und in Tansanias
Hauptstadt Dar-es-Salaam Ziele von
Bombenattentaten islamischer Extremisten, die
später von den Amerikanern der Organisation
Osman Bin Ladens zugeordnet wurden. Allein in dem
25-stöckigen Gebäude, in dem die US-Botschaft
in Kenia untergebracht war, verloren nahezu 100
kenianische Bankangestellte ihr Leben.
About 50 victims, members
of the Nairobi Bomb Blast Survivors Association,
marched to the bomb memorial in the city and
accused the US of discriminating against Kenyans
affected by the blast. They said only Americans
were compensated "yet most of us were more
affected".
Etwa 50 Angehörige einer
Vereinigung von Überlebenden des Bombenanschlags
zogen zu der Gedenkstätte in Nairobi. Dabei
beschuldigten sie die USA, nur amerikanische
Opfer des Attentats entschädigt zu haben und
Kenianer zu diskriminieren.
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The picture above is of the Nairobi bomb blast
which occured on August 7th 1998 - a day Kenyans
remember with a lot of sorrow. The bomb went off
at 10:30 a.m and was the first in the country's
history. The target was the US Embassy in Nairobi
and the death toll was more than 200 people with
about 4000 seriously wounded. It is believed
to have been carried out by some Islamic
extremists. The blast literally brought Kenya's
capital to a standstill as no one had expected
such an occurrence. The 25 story building in
focus is the Co-operative Bank of Kenya in which
nearly 100 employees lost their lives. At
the same time a similar bomb went off in
Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Kenya's neighbour
Tanzania also just next to the US Embassy.
A ceremony has been held in Nairobi, the scene of
the attack by al-Qaeda in 1998 which killed 213
people, mostly Kenyans.
Im Gedenken an die
insgesamt 213 Toten fand am 11.09.2002 an der
nationalen Gedenkstätte eine Trauerfeier statt. |