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...like the students in the U.S.A. who shoot other students. They don't have very clear objectives." By the time al-Qaeda had resettled in Afghanistan, ideological training was an integral part of the curriculum, according to a former recruit who went on to bomb the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. Students were asked to learn all about demolition, artillery and light-weapon use, but they were also expected to be familiar with the fatwas of al-Qaeda, including those that called for violence against Muslim rulers who contradicted Islam--a basic Takfiri tenet. French terrorism expert Jacquard describes Takfiri indoctrination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate Club | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

ATTACK AUG. 7, 1998 DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA & NAIROBI, KENYA Truck bombs hit U.S. embassies in both cities, killing 224, including 12 Americans. Bin Laden and 20 others were later indicted; four received life sentences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorist Hits And Misses | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...like the students in the U.S.A. who shoot other students. They don't have very clear objectives." By the time al-Qaeda had resettled in Afghanistan, ideological training was an integral part of the curriculum, according to a former recruit who went on to bomb the U.S. embassy in Nairobi. Students were asked to learn all about demolition, artillery and light-weapon use, but they were also expected to be familiar with the fatwas of al-Qaeda, including those that called for violence against Muslim rulers who contradicted Islam-a basic Takfiri tenet. French terrorism expert Jacquard describes Takfiri indoctrination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate Club: Al-Qaeda's Web of Terror | 11/4/2001 | See Source »

Douglas Sidialo, 31, lost his eyesight on Aug. 7, 1998, when terrorists bombed the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. A simultaneous bombing at the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, resulted in a total of 224 people dead and thousands injured. The U.S. responded quickly with $50 million in humanitarian aid. But, says Sidialo, who heads Nairobi's largest survivors' group, "It's our hope that Americans could help us even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Years Later, A Country In Need | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...rest of the world. U. S. Senate majority leader Tom Daschle was sent a letter contaminated with anthrax spores, which led to 31 of his staff testing positive for exposure to the disease. Staffers at three U.S. television networks and the New York Post also tested positive, and a Nairobi doctor received a package apparently containing anthrax bacteria. Panic shut post offices and government buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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