East African Al-Qaeda suspect dead, Clinton commemorates in Tanzania

U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the memorial of the newly constructed American embassy in Tanzania and commemorated the death of innocent civilians in the 1998 bomb attacks.

She also stated that the recent death of alleged al-Qaeda suspect Fazul Abdullah Mohammed had bought a ‘just end to a terrorist.’ Mohammed who had a five million bounty on his head was suspected for plotting terror attacks on Dar es Salaam and Nairobi in 1998.

Mohammed who has been shot dead in Somalia recently was also suspected to devastate the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, causing the death of 224 and injury of 5000 people, BBC reports.

Sharif Sheikh Ahmad, the president of Somalia has stated that ‘Al-Qaeda is now being defeated in the country.’

In response to the death of Mohammed, he stated that indeed, the execution was a major setback to the militant organisation.

‘Mohammed’s past’

Summoned by seven nicknames, Mohammed has been suspected for being the leader of the ‘East African’ presence of Al-Qaeda.

He was born in Comoro Islands and had joined Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan during the early 1990s.

Master of five languages such as French, Comoria, English, Swahili and Arabic, Mohammed not only became one of the most wanted terrorists in the FBI list, he was suspected of also living with Wadih  el-Hage, another noted al-Qaeda member who was allegedly involved in the 1998 US bombings.

Over the years, he had also become famous as the ‘master of bomb making, forgery and disguises.’

‘The encounter’

Along with a Kenyan extremist Ali Dere, Mohammed was driving a vehicle which also carried 40,000 US dollars along with medicines, laptops and phones on 8^th June. Both of them were killed when they declined to stop at an Ex-control checkpoint under Somalian military.

Mohammed’s body has been buried after the encounter. Investigations reveal that he was also carrying a fake South African passport.

His body was identified by the United States only after a thorough DNA analysis report.

 ‘Hillary Clinton’s prayer’

During the process of honouring the lost lives, Hillary Clinton offered a silent prayer. Along with Tanzania’s Prime Minister Mzengo Pinda, she planted seedlings at Upendo Women’s Cooperative in the country.

Meanwhile, Obama administration is planning to pump in $70 million into the agriculture sector of the country in the coming two years.

Nevertheless, with this recent encounter as ‘justice served’, Clinton believes that the potential of opportunities for Tanzania are now on the path of rejuvenation which would ultimately lead for the much awaited progress.