August 7 marks the eleventh anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Hundreds were killed and thousands injured in the bombings linked to al Qaeda.
In a White House statement, President Obama said, “These attacks in East Africa are sad examples of al Qaeda’s determination to kill innocent men, women and children in many countries, regardless of their religion, race, or nationality. The memory of the attacks in Kenya and Tanzania remind us that we must always be vigilant in working with our allies to bring these terrorists to justice; to prevent these types of attacks from happening again; and to advance peace and security for Americans, Kenyans, Tanzanians, and people around the world.”
Secretary Clinton, currently traveling through Africa, spoke at a memorial for these victims. For more, see “Clinton Pays Tribute at Embassy Bombing Memorial.”
Comments (16)
Ravinder Kumar
7 August 2009 at 23:57 EDT
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The fall out of the past is continuously chasing the crooked shadow of life because of the fear that it has created in the minds of power.
Things that belong to the self creation of nature under the play of power where unjust ice remains undefined has given birth to the crooked shadow being chased by all with the guns and on that, it can be said that guns for guns do not offer solutions because basic fanaticism becomes like fungus growth on something already existing. This in essence is the giving of the past now on a turn to realization of all and in that the question of equality comes in where power to fungus also stands for those who have the bacteria of fungus with them in the sense that they have to be assured at their grass root levels in play that this world of Allah or God does not stand any more where self destruction of life comes into the picture with either victory or defeat?
If leaders and people of the world become alive to the question then, it would be like chasing love for God or Allah where surrender lies for one and all equally with extraordinary justice for those who have been victims to circumstances under compelling moments of the past that have resulted in exploiting the pious element of religions and the way of life of its under developed psyche with hatred and sense of enmity instead of love with a healthy sense of becoming.
Historically, Muslim psyche of the Muslim world has been a powerful vital in religious terms with one voice for Allah and that stands even today but with a difference at the scholarly level out on moderation for the Spiritual because it is the Spiritual for one and all of religions and ways of life that has come to reestablish love of all religions through oneness of its integration and it is under that, the earlier phase mixed of life in conflicts has to be seen equally by the scholarly wisdom on solutions of conflicts for the governing heads that have come to be directly affected in regions of the world.
The fact remains that the Supra Mental of Allah or God stands behind Spiritual to execute that through the scholarly heads of life. Their participation of moderation of its integral sense is absolutely necessary in warding off the ugly for the good at the perceptible governing levels of the countries.
The concept of each for its own on it public ally stands for the scholarly heads to achieve fearlessly as good for the governing heads of powerful nations that are now alive bringing about change that has also to gradually become healing over life’s innocence with moderate justice on the fungus of life that has been a blind force of nescience or darkness seen as light by all those who were motivated to pick up as Jihad without their fault really speaking.
Is it not necessary that the developing super ego of material power became human of its mundane nature? –It certainly is because that is where the wise should accept restart as beginning with all good faith and trust in the omniscience of life that is of God or Allah itself.
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HenkM
Location: Netherlands
10 August 2009 at 11:45 EDT
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Why, mr Kumar, do I not see you pointing at the real culprits?
The imams, the priests. The religious leadership in any religion?
It is they that can, and should, control the masses. But do they?
Take away the foundation of those jihads
(believe me …. the Christian side of the religion has had, and still has, their share of them). Take away the justification the
uninformed are falsly told in their respective churches.
That might lessen the hatred and misunderstandings.
In the long run.
rowell
10 August 2009 at 01:06 EDT
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president obama is a good leader
Rowell
Ellie
Location: montreal
10 August 2009 at 08:40 EDT
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HEALTHCARE
As an American living in Canada, I am appalled at the mob mentality which seems to be forming over the issue of universal (NOT socialized) medicine for ALL Americans. No system is,or will ever be perfect but at least Canadians get the care they need in a timely manner. When I was in an accident, I was operated on immediately by one of the best orthopedic surgeons in Montreal. My second operation was not considered a high priority so I chose to have it done under the public-private system which had an out of pocket expense. This weekend my husband broke his leg, had x-rays , saw an ortho. specialist & a surgeon in under 2 hours. I know that we would have lost insurance by now because of the many tests, scans,operations etc, we have had over the past few years & I cannot imagine the devastating affect that would have on our lives. People here are not chosen by a panel to live or die no matter what their age or medical conditions are. Where is this information coming from? It is shameful for a country so very rich & blessed not to take care of their own. I wonder how the insured would react if one of their own needed medical care & could not get it or if they could not afford medication, or lost everything they have because of medical costs. Insurance companies & lobbyists must be held accountable & the fraud in the system should be addressed.
I do hope that a health care bill passes even if Mr. Obama’s popularity plunges as a result. He is fighting the good fight & if all the MISINFORMED would do some research & open up their minds a compromise can be reached. What is everyone so afraid of? Change can be good.
HenkM
Location: Netherlands
10 August 2009 at 11:37 EDT
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I am Dutch.
We do have a (new) Healthcare plan. One that allows ” marketworkings” do their ugly job.
It (the market workings) didnt work with the taxi’s, with the railway, with the postal office( incl telephone). Still we had to follow the American system. And we re payimg through our nose because of it. Believe me: we know a thing or two about paying taxes.
All it did was to ensure that insurance companies now decide who gets what medicine. (yes yes… am charging it a bit, but it is awfully close to the real situation.
They re even buying up struggling hospitals!!
I so hope that a good plan will be developed at your end, so that we, in years to come, might also benefit.
Most of all though, as I learned from my American girlfriend, an elderly lady living in Vermont - one of the forgotten states by lawmakers, I hope that such a new plan makes it possible for those elderly to cut on work, for many wont even make their pension (ft employment is a requirement in order to qualify for medical insurance) - and still the bills are gigantic.
There is a long way to go, am afraid.
sreekumar
Location: india
15 August 2009 at 01:11 EDT
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i went through your comment, you said the fact, i agree with you…..today is our independence day…
Green
10 August 2009 at 19:12 EDT
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Obama is going to get this right. He’s taken so much work on that people are just impatient right now. Health Care needs reform, we just cant agree on how.
Sincerely,
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Ravinder Kumar
11 August 2009 at 23:02 EDT
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What HenkM has mentioned in his comment copied below no doubt stands of its concern.
The thing is, humanity is one in all individually placed in all religions and races with sensitivities as cover that remains and the scholarly element of preaching over them becomes the heart of peoples as followers.
That heart certainly has its limitations because it indirectly individually comes to check the godly nature of God or Allah placed in the hearts of life individually based for becoming the flower of God or Allah in terms of humanity.
The above also applies equally to scholarly people as architects or promoters of religion where they see religious norms flexibility in universal terms equating with the sense of brotherhood or love becoming the godly heart of God or Allah with that is there in all not meant to be broken because God resides in the heart of all equally. The thing is, all that stands under the plane of Ignorance and Knowledge as that has emerged from the basic scriptures of life and whose house is the Ignorance itself? – Therefore, unless the scholarly culture inherently surrenders to Ignorance in them while keeping alive to Ignorance after inherently transcending the Knowledge of it (Ignorance), the next state of Knowledge to Ignorance that is beyond the state of its Transcendence would not be perceived by them that in my personal as well as Universal terms is Godly in terms of true love for God or Allah.
Well, in God or Allah, there is no place for hatred or Jihad and that is where, sanity requires focusing if it has to meet its ends in the glory of God.
Let me mention to conclude, I am no body to point fingers on any body’s dictates because I am not God but just a human being going through my journey with love for every one according to the works that I see within me for others in absolutely Selfless terms wherein I see within myself my own Godly nature face to face with God or Allah.
Basically therefore, I stand in life with the two words within me and those are Insha Allah – meaning God willing and under that, I have accepted myself as a legitimate being dracefully for the ultimate good of life overall as an unknown friend for all in the account of Allah or God. This completes my answer briefly for all genuinely concerned on me.
HenkM
Location: Netherlands
10 August 2009 at 11:45 EDT
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Why, mr Kumar, do I not see you pointing at the real culprits?
The imams, the priests. The religious leadership in any religion?
It is they that can, and should, control the masses. But do they?
Take away the foundation of those jihads
(believe me …. the Christian side of the religion has had, and still has, their share of them). Take away the justification the
uninformed are falsly told in their respective churches.
That might lessen the hatred and misunderstandings.
In the long run.
Ravinder Kumar
12 August 2009 at 12:18 EDT
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For HenkM
When you say ugly jobs, I know you are very rightly frustrated with the market workings. I do not know whether I have used the right word in describing your concern – then the blah you say and end up saying they (market workings) even buying up struggling hospitals. There, you hit the plan for your self as the Dutch and then you say I hope?
The question is where do you see that end in me? Health care is a currency’s network that should make you look at Obama on reforms and I am with him in the sense that he has statesman like qualities in every thing he visualizes because he understands the slums of life and is just not a white collared stuff. I am not saying this, - that is how I am being directed to convey to my Dutch friend – good my dear, I want a few more person like you who positively speak from their soul’s content and not just from the mind?
HenkM
Location: Netherlands
10 August 2009 at 11:37 EDT
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I am Dutch.
We do have a (new) Healthcare plan. One that allows ” marketworkings” do their ugly job.
It (the market workings) didnt work with the taxi’s, with the railway, with the postal office( incl telephone). Still we had to follow the American system. And we re payimg through our nose because of it. Believe me: we know a thing or two about paying taxes.
All it did was to ensure that insurance companies now decide who gets what medicine. (yes yes… am charging it a bit, but it is awfully close to the real situation.
They re even buying up struggling hospitals!!
I so hope that a good plan will be developed at your end, so that we, in years to come, might also benefit.
Most of all though, as I learned from my American girlfriend, an elderly lady living in Vermont - one of the forgotten states by lawmakers, I hope that such a new plan makes it possible for those elderly to cut on work, for many wont even make their pension (ft employment is a requirement in order to qualify for medical insurance) - and still the bills are gigantic.
There is a long way to go, am afraid.
sreekumar
Location: kerala,india
15 August 2009 at 01:06 EDT
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long live obama, to lead america in to a better future
Chas Wagner
17 August 2009 at 00:29 EDT
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IT IS TIME TO HIT THE STREETS FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM. WE NEED A MILLION PERSON MARCH ON WASHINGTON. ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE SCREAMING MINORITY AND THE PRESS CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE TRUTH AND THAT CONGRESS NO LONGER REPRESENTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO MARCH. IT WORKED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND IT WORKED FOR VIETNAM. LETS DO IT BEFORE THE RIGHT WINS AGAIN.
CW
Emmanuel Sarpong
Location: Tamale,Ghana W/A
17 August 2009 at 10:20 EDT
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Mr President wish you will see to our welfare we Africans.Your historic visit to Ghana in July,i predict you had the opportunity to visit some of our health facilities and this was an eye saw,if you
could bear with me.Hope you will come to the Northern part in your next visit.Thanks.
Emmanuel Sarpong
Tamale,Ghana W/A
Suzanne
Location: UK
20 August 2009 at 20:13 EDT
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It is a reminder of how dangerous the world can be. We need you as president to do all you can so we do not leave behind a world of hatred to our children.
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Christensen A. Servas
Location: Cayambanan, Urdaneta City, Philippines
8 September 2009 at 21:15 EDT
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Addressing the victims’ families is a good step towards relieving any fear that they have in terms of what can terrorist do to harm them. Living according to the path that ought to be taken should not be overcome by fear.However, there are issues regarding this inhuman ativities that shoul be confronted.I hope that the Obama administration would effect a more community based approach in dealing with seemingly minute problems that in one way or another other cultures have perceived it to be as insults of their ustoms and traditions. I believe in the goodness of the human race that no matter how the evil forces of our times try to overcome us, they can not prevail because we will not let them, THEY CAN NOT , because we have love, compassion and and that great amount of courage to offer to this world.
mussa
13 October 2009 at 05:12 EDT
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Mis helaryy Clinton is Israely minister she worked to save israel solders (kriminals of war )from international comunity by asking Palestinian people to stop talking about these crimes
Sunnstarr
23 October 2009 at 01:49 EDT
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First of all, there is a Kenyan Birth Certificate for Obama and it has been submitted as evidence to Judge David O. Carter in California, complete with an affidavit from Lucas Smith, the man who obtained it in Mombassa.
Second, there was a supporting document released yesterday (October 21, 2009) with signatures from Obama’s maternal grandmother, which clearly states “Birthplace: Kenya; Registered Honolulu. HRS 338-17.8 per Grandmother”.
http://sites.google.com/site/obamabirth/Home/obama-short-form-birth-certificate
(Scroll down and click on image of the COLB application to see it full size.)
It seems that both of his grandmothers, maternal and paternal, refused to lie on his behalf.
udacity of Hypocrisydoes not even begin to cover this greatest of all frauds! Barack Obama’s days in power are numbered. Hopefully he and his administration will not be able to do more harm to this nation than they already have.
Hollywood and the Mainstream Media will never recover the people’s trust after this.