DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1998
International Relations and Conferences

Embassy Bombings

Background
• The U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania were bombed on August 7, 1998 within five minutes of one another
CNN Coverage
• Description, pictures, and UN ambassador's reaction
Advisory Panel on Overseas Security (Inman Report)
• Full text of 1985 report on securing U.S. embassies against terrorism
• Chair was Bobby Inman
International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism
• Links to articles on the embassy bombings and U.S. response
Kenya
• Background Notes (State Dept)
  • History of Kenya and U.S. relations
  • Issue dated March 1998
• Embassy to the United States
  • Addresses of government officials
  • Description of economy, education, tourism
• Kenyaweb
  • Unannotated links to government agencies
  • Includes President, Foreign Ministry, and National Assembly
  • News, tourism
Tanzania
• Background Notes (State Dept)
  • Lengthy history and discussion of Tanzania's foreign relations
• Tourist Board
  • Tourist information and places of interest
Report of the Accountability Review Boards on the Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, August 7, 1998 (Crowe Report)
• Report cites lack of federal government budget initiatives and follow-through on the 1980's Inman Report for the death toll
• Includes names of embassy officials killed or injured
• List of embassy bombings since 1987
• Committee chaired by Admiral William Crowe
State Department Africa Bureau
• Press releases and testimony
• Background on African countries and issues
Regional Information
• Africa Information Bureau (Agency for International Development)
  • News, sports, and cultural information
  • Statistics and maps on crops, famine potential, and economic development
• Africa News On-Line
  • English translation of news stories about Africa from African press agencies, Britain, and international organizations
  • Arranged by country or broad topic with most coverage beginning January 1997
• Contemporary Conflicts in Africa
  • Current and historical civil and international conflicts
  • Arranged by country or subject (peacekeeping, humanitarian operations, human rights, disarmament)
  • Numerous United Nations documents as well as university, media, and other sources
Terrorist and the Superpower (PBS)
• Web site explores whether Bin Laden's power has been over-exaggerated by the federal government
• Biography of Bin Laden, his objectives and excerpted writings
• Extensive documentation of U.S. response, including the Justice Department indictment, speeches, and U.S. foreign policy statements
• Affect on Muslims in America
U.S. Retaliation
• Background
  • U.S. bombed suspected terrorist base camps in Afghanistan and Sudan on August 20, 1998
  • Ussamah (Osama) bin Laden is suspected organizer of embassy bombings
• CNN Coverage
  • News article, maps of targets
  • Public and Congressional reaction to the bombings
• Counterterrorism (State Department)
  • Press briefings and testimony on terrorist activities, including the 1998 embassy bombings
  • List of terrorist organizations and multilateral treaties against terrorism
  • Security guidelines for Americans overseas
  • Current antiterrorist legislation
  • Reports on global terrorism since 1995 and major terrorist incidents against Americans
• MSNBC
  • Features summary of a 1993 classified State Department report predicting terrorist bombings
  • Includes some chronology of the bombing decision
• Strikes on Terrorist Related Facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan (State Department)
  • Presidential statements on air strikes
  • Secretary of State Albright's press statements and interviews
  • Links to reports on patterns of world terrorism
  • Travel warnings
• Washington Post Coverage
  • Includes President Clinton's and Defense Secretary William Cohen's remarks
• Ussamah bin Laden (Scholars' Network)
  • Biography and CNN news articles on suspected previous terrorist activities
  • Text of three declarations of war against the United States
  • Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders issued Feb. 23, 1998

G8 Summit

Meeting of economically developed countries
• May 15-17, 1998 in Birmingham, England
• Russia included for the first time
G8 Summit (Official Web Site)
• Summit documents, including those of the finance ministers meetings the preceding week
• News coverage
• Summary of the issues
State Department
• Summary of issues
• U.S. relations with Canada, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, and the UK
United States Information Agency
• Schedule of events
• Background on key policy issues, including Asian economy, crime, energy, environment, health, and trade liberalization
• Links to documents from the 1975-96 G7 Summits

International Year of Older Persons

United Nations Web Site
• The UN has declared 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons
• Web site delineates conceptual and implementation principles
• Planned activities of international inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations
• Suggestions for national activities
• Brief statistics on the world's older population

Summit of the Americas

Conference of Western Hemisphere leaders, April 18-19, 1998
On free trade, democracy, human rights, education, economic development
Press releases, video clips, and final declaration
Videoclips of 1994 Miami conference

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
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