The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African
U.S. embassy in Nairobi after the explosion, with the collapsed Ufundi Building.
A Nissan Atlas truck, similar to that used in Dar es Salaam
Wreckage and debris from the Nairobi bombing
Memorial park at the site of the embassy in Nairobi, 2007
Saif al-Adel
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Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan, commonly known by his nom de guerre Saif al-Adel, is an Egyptian Islamic militant who is the de facto leader of al-Qaeda. Previously an Egyptian Army officer, al-
Al-Adel at an Afghan jihadist camp in 2000