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  Kenyan hotel bombing suspect sent to  Guantanamo Bay - CNN.com
Kenyan hotel bombing suspect sent to Guantanamo Bay
Malik admitted to U.S. authorities he was involved in the 2002 attack on the Paradise Hotel in Kenya, which killed more than a dozen people, according to Pentagon officials.
According to Defense Department officials, Malik was captured by the Kenyans in East Africa.
edition.cnn.com /2007/WORLD/americas/03/26/gitmo.eastafrica   (357 words)

  
  Kenyan hotel bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among the dead were three Israeli tourists who presumably were the targets of the attack, and 10 Kenyans, mostly members of a dance troupe.
US and Israeli officials suspected a Somali group linked to al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing and speculated that the suspects had smuggled the missiles into Kenya from Somalia.
12 people were arrested in connection with the hotel bombing, including six Pakistanis and four Somalis, as well as an American and her Spanish husband, both of whom were later released.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenyan_hotel_bombing   (313 words)

  
 List of terrorist incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 12: Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA: 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
July 5: the IRA detonate a 1500lb car bomb (the largest used in Northern Ireland) in the centre of Newtownards in Northern Ireland, no one is killed but massive property damage is caused to the town centre.
These 4 bombs were designed to cause as much damage at the 7 July 2005 London bombings but the explosive had deteriorated and failed to detonate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents   (5633 words)

  
 Kenyan hotel bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
On November 28, 2002, the Kenyan hotel bombing terrorist attack took place.
Three suicide bombers detonated themselves at a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killing 13 other people, including three Israeli tourists who have been presumed to be the targets of the attack.
The two attacks are suspected to be connected, and it is suspected that al-Qaeda may be involved in the attacks.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/kenyan_hotel_bombing   (307 words)

  
 Kenya acquits 4 in deadly hotel bombing
A Kenyan high court judge acquitted four men Thursday of charges in an al-Qaida-linked 2002 suicide hotel bombing in Mombasa that killed 15 people.
On Nov. 28, 2002, 12 Kenyans and three Israeli tourists were killed when two suicide bombers broke through barriers outside the Paradise Hotel with a vehicle packed with explosives.
Three other men are being tried for conspiracy to bomb the hotel, and a judgment in the case is expected for them later this month, the BBC said.
www.infowars.com /articles/world/kenya_aquits_4_in_bombing.htm   (158 words)

  
 CBS News | Kenya Terror Plot Discovered | October 24, 2003 17:43:17
Kenyan paramilitary personnel guard the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya when it temporarily closed for four days after the Pentagon issued a terrorism alert and raised the threat level to high.
The report, based on an interrogation of a terror suspect, could explain why the U.S. Embassy was closed June 20-24 and why Kenyan officials banned flights from June 20-July 8 to and from Somalia, a lawless neighbor and suspected haven for terrorists.
A Kenyan prosecutor declined to comment on the plot but confirmed the existence of 164 statements from witnesses and investigators submitted for the trial.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/10/24/attack/main579974.shtml   (860 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Kenyans bury hotel bomb victims
Kenya reluctantly handed over key evidence in the suicide bombing of a Mombasa tourist hotel to Israeli investigators yesterday, and released the bodies of three of the 16 dead to their families for burial.
Kenyan police said later that the Israeli detectives would be allowed to help themselves to the remains of the bomb, which killed 10 Kenyans, three Israeli tourists and the three suicide bombers.
Yesterday, three of the Kenyan dead were buried after local officials bowed to media pressure and waived a mortuary fee that their families had been unable to pay.
www.guardian.co.uk /kenya/story/0,12689,851889,00.html   (778 words)

  
 PolitInfo.com - Second Group of Suspects in Kenyan Hotel Bombing Acquitted - Jun 27, 2005 Nairobi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Kenyan government has published a final draft of a new constitution, setting the scene for what is expected to be a bitter political fight over whether it should be adopted.
Kenyan riot police are patrolling streets in central Nairobi, as protesters gather for a third day of demonstrations over proposed changes to a draft constitution.
Three suspects facing conspiracy charges in connection with the 2002 bombing of a hotel on Kenya's coast and an attempted downing of an aircraft were acquitted Monday.
www.politinfo.com /articles/article_2005_06_27_2227.html   (573 words)

  
 CNN.com - Couple worried they'd be blamed for bomb - Dec. 2, 2002
The couple held by Kenyan police in the deadly hotel bombing worried they would be blamed for the attack.
The couple held by Kenyan police in connection with last week's deadly hotel bombing said Sunday they "looked really good on paper" as potential suspects and worried they would be blamed for the attack.
Israeli and Kenyan investigators were in heated discussions about who will carry out forensic investigation of the bomb fragments, vehicle parts, rocket launchers, and their batteries.
www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/12/01/kenya.israel/index.html   (943 words)

  
 CNN.com - Israeli report links Kenya terrorist to al Qaeda - Nov. 29, 2002
The bombing was one of two attacks in Kenya that targeted Israelis.
John Malan Sawe, the Kenyan ambassador to Israel, put the blame for Thursday's bombing squarely on Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, which was behind the 1998 embassy bombings.
Israeli intelligence sources told CNN that Kenyan authorities recovered two launch tubes from a field adjacent to Mombasa's airport where the chartered plane took off with 261 passengers and crew.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/11/28/kenya.israel   (1081 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Kenyan Court Acquits Suspects in Bombing
After two years and scores of witnesses, Kenyan prosecutors have failed to convict in three terrorism cases: the November 2002 hotel bombing, the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing that killed 219 people, including 12 Americans, and an alleged 2003 plot against the rebuilt embassy.
Kenyan prosecutors lack the specialized training to handle such cases, said Philip Kichana, former executive director of the Kenya chapter of the International Commission of Jurists.
Seif, Ahmed and Khamis were first charged in the summer of 2003 with murder in connection with the bombing of the beachfront hotel, but in November 2003, prosecutors reduced the charges to four counts of conspiracy.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/w-af/2005/jun/27/062708777.html   (674 words)

  
 United Press International - International - Terrorist links in Kenya bombing ambiguous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Kenyan authorities, aided by U.S. and Israeli security officers, determined that the pair had no involvement in the explosion that destroyed the Paradise Hotel and killed 13 people and three suicide bombers, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The Kenyan paper Daily Nation said five Pakistanis and two Somalis -- arrested earlier because of suspicions about their passports, which had all been issued on the same day in the Somali capital Mogadishu -- were being questioned in relation to the attacks.
The slain Kenyan dancers in many cases were the primary wage earners for their families.
www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20021201-062946-8682r   (1460 words)

  
 Total chaos after hotel bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Kikambala, Kenya - Employees of the hotel near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa where 15 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Thursday spoke of screams and panic among the guests immediately after the blast.
Hotel storeman, Elvis Dzombe (24) who still had his head wrapped in a bandage, told journalists: "It was a matter of running for your life.
At the hotel's swimming pool, the roof of the bar crashed in and the walkway to it was destroyed, but a flboard, on which the events planned for the day were written, stood intact.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-10_1291273,00.html   (274 words)

  
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The newspaper said the hotel rooms where the bomb was made were occupied from Aug. 3-7 by four foreigners involved in the bombing - two Palestinians, an Egyptian and a Saudi Arabian.
On the day of the bombing, they were said to have completed assembly of the explosive in a pickup truck and driven it to the embassy.
One of the rooms on the second floor of the four-story hotel is used for prayers, and mats were neatly spread on the floor Wednesday.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/bomb059.htm   (871 words)

  
 africa.iafrica.com | c2cnews More Kenyan terror suspects cleared
A Kenyan judge on Monday acquitted three men accused in the 2002 al-Qaeda-linked bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in the port city of Mombasa, bringing to seven the number of suspects found not guilty in the attack with no others on trial in the case.
The suspects were accused of plotting the hotel attack in which 18 people, including three Israeli tourists, 12 Kenyans and the three presumed bombers were killed, as well as a failed attempt the same day to shoot down an Israeli airliner leaving Mombasa's Moi International Airport.
Earlier this month, another Kenyan judge acquitted four suspects who had been charged with murder in the Mombasa hotel bombing case, prompting complaints from Israel.
africa.iafrica.com /c2cnews/455098.htm   (293 words)

  
 Kenyans acquitted in al-Qaida hotel bombing - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com
An earlier trial acquitted four other men of murder in the car bombing of the hotel, which was in Kikambala, about 12 miles north of the port of Mombasa.
Defense lawyers had charged the hotel murder trial was the result of pressure from America, Britain and Israel for Kenya to take action — an allegation Kenyan officials deny.
He said that his client and the other two may consider suing the government for wrongful arrest because they believe their being held in custody for about two and half years was due to pressure from the United States.
msnbc.msn.com /id/8377337   (561 words)

  
 List of terrorist incidents - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
1982 Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA killl 8 members of the Household Cavalry[?] and the Royal Green Jackets[?] seven horses are also killed.
1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
May 12, 2003 - Suicide bombings of a United States expat housing compound in Saudi Arabia killed 29 and injured 160 in 4 attacks.
openproxy.ath.cx /te/Terrorist_incidents.html   (735 words)

  
 Kenya court acquits Mombasa suspects : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A Kenyan magistrate has acquitted three men of conspiracy in a 2002 bombing, claimed by al-Qaida and killed 15 people, at an Israeli-owned hotel near Mombasa.
Three Israelis and 12 Kenyans were killed after two bombers broke through barriers outside the Paradise Hotel in Kikambala, 20km from Mombasa, with a four-wheel drive vehicle full of explosives, on 28 November 2002.
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida group claimed responsibility for the hotel bombing and the attempt on the airliner.
sf.indymedia.org /news/2005/06/1716274.php   (425 words)

  
 portland imc - 2002.11.28 - KENYAN HOTEL BOMBING: AL-QUEDA ATTACK OR MOSSAD PROVOCATION?
It seems very curious that Kenyan officials could make such a quick determination that that the suicide bombings against Israeli targets in Kenya was the handiwork of Al-queda.
Kenyan police are believed to have arrested two people in Mombasa in connection with the attack.
The Kenyan ambassador in Israel told the Reuters news agency there was "no doubt" al-Qaida was behind the blast.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2002/11/35995.shtml   (740 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Kenya, Israel argue over hotel bombing evidence
As Kenyan and Israeli victims of last week's terrorist attacks were laid to rest, officials from both countries argued about possession of evidence and who would conduct an investigation.
The hotel bomb came minutes after a failed missile attack on an Israeli airliner.
Jamu, the bomb specialist, said investigators found parts of two gas welding cylinders which they suspect were fastened to the vehicle's underside to cause a bigger explosion at the Paradise Hotel 20 kilometres north of Mombasa.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1038784895997_18   (534 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Kenyan hotel bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons).
On November 28, 2002, at the same time that the Kenyan hotel bombing occurred, an Arkia Boeing 757 was narrowly missed by two anti-aircraft missiles.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kenyan-hotel-bombing   (648 words)

  
 New twist in hotel bombing case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Nairobi - A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ruled as admissible prosecution evidence that seeks to reveal telephone communications of four Kenyans accused of involvement in the 2002 bombing of a hotel near Mombasa, a defence lawyer said.
The suspects: Aboud Rogo Mohammed, Mohammed Kubwa, Omar Said Omar and Mohammed Ali Saleh Nabhan are charged with the murder of 12 Kenyans and three Israelis in the bombing of the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel near Mombasa on November 28, 2002.
Most of the Kenyans, who died in the attack on the Paradise Hotel, were dancers hired to greet new guests.
www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1564459,00.html   (269 words)

  
 CBC News: Judge acquits 4 in Kenyan hotel bombing trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A Kenyan judge acquitted four men charged with murder in the 2002 suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned beach hotel that killed fifteen people.
Three Israelis and 12 Kenyans were killed when two suicide bombers broke through the barriers of the Paradise Hotel with a vehicle packed full of explosives.
The hotel trials were the first attempts by authorities in Kenya to seek convictions against alleged terrorists.
cbc.ca /storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/06/09/kenya-israel050609.html   (215 words)

  
 Bombing at Kenyan Hotel Kills 11; Missiles Fired at Israeli Airliner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the hotel attack, an all-terrain vehicle drove behind the bus carrying the Israeli tourists and slipped in the gate when guards opened it to admit it, Muanga said.
The hotel attackers were also described as of Arab appearance and also driving a four-wheeled-drive Pajero they had turned into a suicide bomb.
Israeli and Kenyan officials were quick to accuse the al Qaeda network, blamed by Washington for the Sept. 11 attacks last year on the United States that killed about 3,000 people and for the bloody 1998 truck bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that left 224 people dead.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/797400/posts   (4782 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Africa / June plot seen by Qaeda to hit embassy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The report, based on an interrogation of a terror suspect, could explain why the embassy was closed June 20-24 and why Kenyan officials banned flights from June 20-July 8 to and from Somalia, a lawless neighbor and suspected terrorist haven.
Those actions suggest some knowledge of the plot by US and Kenyan authorities, on alert to terror threats since the 1998 car bombing of the old US Embassy in downtown Nairobi, a blast that killed 219 people, including 12 Americans.
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a key suspect in the hotel bombing, was there, as were two unidentified Somalis and one unidentified Arab.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2003/10/25/june_plot_seen_by_qaeda_to_hit_embassy   (554 words)

  
 Attacks follow Israelis abroad - 12/01/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Three Israelis and 10 Kenyans were killed in the attack carried out by three suicide bombers.
Mickey Adler, right, is comforted at a Tel Aviv airport after a plane delivered the bodies of her nephews, Dvir and Noy Anter, killed in the Kenyan hotel bombing.
The family lived in Ariel, one of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank, where the father worked in a rope-making factory and the mother was a clerk in another factory.
www.detnews.com /2002/nation/0212/02/a05-24292.htm   (728 words)

  
 IOL: Quartet off the hook for Kenyan hotel bombing
Three Israelis and 12 Kenyans were killed after two suicide bombers broke through barriers outside the Paradise Hotel with a four-wheel drive vehicle packed full of explosives on November 28, 2002.
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, which is also blamed for the embassy blast, claimed responsibility for the missile attack and bombing at the hotel, a popular destination for Israeli package tourists in Kikambala, north of Mombasa.
The four Kenyans thrust their fists into the air, their wives burst into tears of joy and shouts of "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) filled the courtroom after Osiemo told them they were to be freed.
www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1118308862112B251   (595 words)

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