International Terrorist Incidents

Worldwide terrorist incidents reported from 1984 through 1997:

1997: 304

Where to Get Information

* The U.S. State Department is handling urgent inquiries about American citizens in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. For information, call the State Department Operations Center, Office of Crisis Management, in Washington, D.C. (202) 647-0900.

* The U.S. State Department Web site home page includes information about the bombings at the U.S. Embassy buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

https://www.state.gov

* News updates about the embassy bombings can be found at the Los Angeles Times Web site.

https://www.latimes.com

Marines Deployed in Africa

The FAST units--short for Fleet Antiterrorism Security Teams--are made up of 44 enlisted Marines and one officer.

They are designed to help protect against terrorist attacks at military installations, units and ships. They can also provide other emergency security operations, as approved by the Navy and Marine Corps’ top leaders.

Two companies, or about 480 Marines, make up the FAST units that are based in Norfolk, Va., and Yorktown, Va.

They often deploy around the world, and the team being sent into Kenya had just been in Qatar in the Persian Gulf. At any given time, three units are outside the continental United States while two units remain on alert at their home stations.

U.S. Ambassador to Kenya

U.S. Ambassador Prudence Bushnell

Born: Nov. 26, 1946, in Washington D.C.

Family: Married to Richard Allen Buckley, five stepchildren.

Education: University of Maryland, College Park, 1969, bachelor’s degree in liberal arts; Russell Sage College, Troy, N.Y., 1979, master’s in public administration.

Career: 1981 Joined the Foreign Service after a successful training career in the public and non-profit sectors.

1982-1986: Assignments in Dakar, Senegal, and Bombay, India.

1986-1989: A tour at the Foreign Service Institute directing the Department of State’s Executive Development Program.

1989-1992: Deputy chief of mission, Dakar, Senegal.

1992-1993: Member of the 35th Class of the Senior Seminar before joining the Bureau of African Affairs as deputy assistant secretary.

1995-1996: Principal deputy assistant secretary of State.

1996-present: U.S. ambassador to Kenya