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Quick Glance: Deadly Attack: August 7, 1998 Bomb Blast in Nairobi Planned by Terrorists
- 218 Kenyans and Americans died, and another 5,000 were injured in the bomb blast in Nairobi.
- Simultaneous bomb attack occurred in Dar es Salaam on the same day.
- The person driving the lead vehicle on August 7, 1998, heading to the embassy, was involved.
- Bin Laden, based in Afghanistan, began preparing for the August 7 bombing.
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August 7, 1998 bomb blast: How terrorists planned deadly Nairobi attack : Unbeknown to many, the terrorists had operated in the country for five years.
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