| Press Statement Richard Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC August 7, 2001 The Third Anniversary of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings in AfricaIt has been three years since the August 1998 bombing of the two U.S. embassies in East Africa. More than 200 Americans, Kenyans, and Tanzanians died in these heinous attacks, and some 5000 people were injured. The families of the victims have suffered tremendously. We will not forget the sacrifice their loved ones made, and we remain fully committed to bringing the perpetrators to justice. Indeed, this past year has seen some measure of justice done. The Department of State is pleased at the guilty verdicts on all 302 counts reached in the initial trial of suspects in the bombings. The international community, in a firm expression of its continuing fight against terrorism, has, through UN Security Council resolution 1333, further isolated the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, supporters and protectors of the terrorists. The Department of State is determined to continue working closely with the Department of Justice, the FBI, and our friends and allies overseas to track, apprehend, and bring to justice all those who were involved in these cowardly attacks, including members of the al-Qaida network still at large. We owe it to the victims, their friends and families, and those in the international community who stand with us against terror to do no less. |
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