U.S. Embassy Bombing In Nairobi, Kenya, 1998Is Kenya Becoming a Terrorist Haven? -- Oh My News
Is Kenya becoming a terrorist haven? That is the question on the lips of international security agents following last week's failure by the Kenyan police to capture Fazul Abdullah, an al-Qaida-linked terrorist who was said to be holed up in a house in the port city of Mombasa.
Fazul, a Comoran, is the mastermind behind the Aug. 7, 1998, twin bombings of the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in which more than 300 lives were lost and over 5,000 people severely wounded. He is also linked to the Nov. 28, 2002, bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya's coastal town of Kilifi, besides an attempt to bring down an Israeli airliner full of Israeli tourists.
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My Comment: On one hand I would dismiss this story as another example of police incompetence and stupidity in Africa. But .... Kenya is also the country that is protecting Felicien Kabuga, the mastermind of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Despite having a $5 million bounty on his head, Kabuga is believed to be quietly running his businesses in Kenya and enjoying the protection of senior government officials.