Clinton honors Kenneth Hobson, victims of embassy bombings

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the survivors of those who were killed in 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, including Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hobson, Lamar, that "justice was served" with the death of the mastermind of those murders:

Just inside the main gate of the U.S. compound in the Tanzanian capital, she placed flowers at the foot of a large rock with the plaque listing victims’ names. She said a silent prayer and spoke with three Tanzanian employees who were at the embassy when it, along with the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi in neighboring Kenya, was bombed on Aug. 7, 1998.


“I know that there are those of you here today who were serving in the embassy on that awful occasion,” Mrs. Clinton said. “Some of you lost your friends and loved ones, and all Americans grieved with you then and have not forgotten your losses.”

Somali officials reported Saturday that soldiers earlier in the week had killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al Qaeda operative who allegedly plotted the bombings.

“We also have not forgotten our pledge to seek justice against those who would commit such atrocities,” Mrs. Clinton said.