AFRICA 
Bush slams Al-Qaeda on Africa bombing anniversary
Friday, 8 August, 2008
A boy passes a mural depicting a 1998 Al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, in which his father was one of 224 people killed. (AAP)
President George W. Bush has marked the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by emphasizing the role of the Al-Qaeda terror network in the attack.
Ceremonies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam will commemorate the victims of the August 7 1998 bombings, which killed a total of 224 people and injured some 5,000, almost all of them Africans.
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"We remember today those who lost their lives or were injured in the attacks, their families, and their loved ones," Bush said in a statement released during a stop in Thailand on his tour of Asia.
Indiscriminatory violence
“(The attacks) are brutal examples of Al-Qaeda's tactics in its war against innocent people worldwide -- carried out in the heart of two African capitals without regard to the race, creed, or nationality of the victims," said Bush.
Bush said Al-Qaeda had indiscriminately attacked civilians throughout the world for more than a decade,.
Continuing threat
"The attacks in Kenya and Tanzania remind us that Al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates continue to want to attack the United States and our allies,” he said.
The anniversary "reinforces the need to confront the terrorists, to work with our allies to bring them to justice, and to prevent such attacks from happening again," Bush said.
Source: AFP
Ceremonies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam will commemorate the victims of the August 7 1998 bombings, which killed a total of 224 people and injured some 5,000, almost all of them Africans.
RELATED: US embassy bombing suspect escapes raid
"We remember today those who lost their lives or were injured in the attacks, their families, and their loved ones," Bush said in a statement released during a stop in Thailand on his tour of Asia.
Indiscriminatory violence
“(The attacks) are brutal examples of Al-Qaeda's tactics in its war against innocent people worldwide -- carried out in the heart of two African capitals without regard to the race, creed, or nationality of the victims," said Bush.
Bush said Al-Qaeda had indiscriminately attacked civilians throughout the world for more than a decade,.
Continuing threat
"The attacks in Kenya and Tanzania remind us that Al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates continue to want to attack the United States and our allies,” he said.
The anniversary "reinforces the need to confront the terrorists, to work with our allies to bring them to justice, and to prevent such attacks from happening again," Bush said.
Source: AFP
