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The Nairobi Embassy Bombing
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - August 10, 2016 06:50 - 8 minutes - 4.06 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1998, al-Qaeda killed over 200 people in a co-ordinated attack on two US embassies in East Africa. It was one of the first major bombings carried out by the group. We hear from George Mimba who was working in the embassy in Kenya when the attack took place.
Photo: Rescue workers at the scene of the Nairobi embassy bombing (AFP/Getty Images)