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== Preparation == | == Preparation == | ||
In the lead-up to the attack, Al-Qaeda issued a ''fatwa'' justifying the murder of American citizens for the Islamic cause. Soon after, bin Laden made a speech to his followers claiming that the American government planned the Partition of Sudan inside the US Embassy in Nairobi, and that they had secretly executed the [[Rwandan Genocide]], the planning for which, he claimed, took place inside the embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. Over the course of several months, two large explosives were constructed in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi by [[Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah]], in an operation overseen by [[Mohammed Odeh]]. | In the lead-up to the attack, Al-Qaeda issued a ''fatwa'' justifying the [[murder]] of American citizens for the Islamic cause. Soon after, bin Laden made a speech to his followers claiming that the American government planned the Partition of Sudan inside the US Embassy in Nairobi, and that they had secretly executed the [[Rwandan Genocide]], the planning for which, he claimed, took place inside the embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. Over the course of several months, two large explosives were constructed in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi by [[Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah]], in an operation overseen by [[Mohammed Odeh]]. | ||
== Attack == | == Attack == | ||