Us Embassies Research Paper

Seventeen years ago a horrific incident happened in Africa. Two bombs were set off at the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. U.S. Embassies are usually located in the countries' capitals, and are places for cultural exchange and diplomatic efforts (Ferguson 17-18). This attack took a lot of thinking and planning from multiple terrorists who were willing to give up their own life for killing many others, Many of these terrorists were linked back to the group Al Qaeda which translates to “the base.” All of these terrorists however remained under the power of their leader Osama Bin Laden.
The first of the two attacks on the U.S Embassies was referred to as the Nairobi Attack. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya where the explosion took place. The
Saleh was know as the mastermind of the attack. He planned the attack to perfection, and wanted it to succeed greatly. Rahmen was the bomb technician, he was able to construct the bomb to an incredible degree to crumple the Embassies in pieces. Ally was the owner of the truck that was believed to have lead the truck with the bomb to the scene. Then there was the truck that carried the bomb, it was driven by Azzan and Al-Owhali was riding in the passenger seat. They’re were both mentally brainwashed that this was the correct thing to do, which would turn out to be a suicide mission. Al-Owhali had an important task before the attack could take place. He was equipped with a pistol and several stun grenades. He was suppose to scare people away to save the lives of the Kenyan civilians. Except Al-Owhali forgot his gun in the truck, so he decided to throw his bombs at the guards and then bolted away from the scene. While this was all happening Azzan was preparing to set of the real bomb to destroy the Embassy, and Azzan did shortly after Al-Owhali fled (Trail). Al-Owhali could’ve just gone back to the truck to get his gun, and continued on with the original plan. I believe that he got scared, and rethought about the suicide mission, so he quickly left the scene in hoping not to be found. The second attack happened in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania nearly 450 miles away from Nairobi, Kenya (McGeary). Know as the Dar es