(7 Aug 2008)
1. Wide of ceremony at memorial park
2. Survivors of US embassy bombing at ceremony
3. Survivor being pushed in wheelchair, laying wreath at ceremony, media in background
4. Zoom-in on young man pointing to his father's name on memorial wall
5. Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga laying wreath at memorial wall, media in background
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya:
"We assembled here to commemorate one of the saddest days in independent Kenya's history. I am bringing to you here also a message of sympathy and condolence from the President of the Republic of Kenya, Honourable Mwai Kibaki."
7. Various of survivors at ceremony
8. Family members at memorial wall praying
9. Close-up of woman praying
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya:
"But the stark revelations of the last few days have reminded us yet again that we have terrorists in our midst still planning awful deeds. We must therefore never relax our vigilance against these extremists. Let me assure Kenyans that this government will do everything possible to prevent us from ever again being attacked."
11. Survivors at ceremony
12. Close-up of female survivor
13. Wide of painting depicting bombing of US embassy in Nairobi, people walking in foreground
STORYLINE:
Kenya and Tanzania on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the deadly bombings of the US embassies in the east African nations, as police conducted a manhunt for the al-Qaida suspect believed to have masterminded the attacks.
The coordinated attacks on the morning of August 7, 1998 killed more than 200 people and wounded 5,000 in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
The alleged mastermind, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, has been on the run for years; he apparently escaped a police raid over the weekend on the Kenyan coast.
"The stark revelations of the last few days have reminded us yet again that we have terrorists in our midst still planning awful deeds," Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said, referring to Mohammed's escape.
He spoke during a ceremony at the site of the former embassy, which was later transformed into a memorial garden.
"We must therefore never relax our vigilance against these extremists. Let me assure Kenyans that this government will do everything possible to prevent us from ever again being attacked," Odinga told reporters and survivors of the attack who gathered in the memorial garden.
Mohammed has a five (m) million US dollar bounty on his head for allegedly planning the 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Police said they discovered two of his passports and have arrested two men accused of aiding him in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi.
Mohammed was apparently in Kenya to seek treatment for a kidney complaint, police said.
The new US Embassy in Kenya is now based in a heavily fortified compound in a leafy residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi.
The US Embassy in Uganda warned Americans in East Africa could be at an increased risk of attack from extremists over the anniversary of the attacks.
The embassy said a number of suspected al-Qaida operatives were believed to be in East Africa and could endanger US facilities and personnel.
The embassy's message issued on Tuesday warned that increased security at official US facilities may cause would-be attackers to seek softer targets where tourists congregate.
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