Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of devastating US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, which signaled Al-Qaeda’s emergence as a deadly player on the global stage. “Twenty years ago today, evil showed its terrible face in Kenya and Tanzania,” US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec told the Nairobi gathering. “On that day, the perpetrator’s — Al-Qaeda — appetite and ambition for large-scale attacks grew,” said Martin Kimani, head of Kenya’s National Counter Terrorism Centre. “Since then, large parts of the world have endured repeated attacks by terrorists,” he added. ADVERTISEMENTThe twin attacks introduced the world to Al-Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden three years before the September 11 attacks in New York would make him a household name.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 07, 2018 11:15 UTC