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- 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa [r]: Vehicle-borne suicide bomb attacks, conducted by al-Qaeda approximately nine minutes apart, on U.S. Embassies and civilian buildings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998 [e]
- Abdullah Azzam [r]: A Salafist legal scholar and jihadist, who formed the Services Office supporting the Afghanistan War (1978-92) with Osama bin Laden, one of the organizations that formed al-Qaeda [e]
- Adenorhinos [r]: A monotypic genus created for A. barbouri, a venomous viper species found only in Tanzania. [e]
- Africanized bee [r]: Hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, with various European honey bees. [e]
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savanna as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- Al-Khifa [r]: A branch of the Services Office operating in the U.S., supporting the anti-Soviet forces in the Afghanistan War (1978-1992); directed by Abdullah Azzam and at least affiliated with al-Qaeda personnel [e]
- Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9-11 attack and other terrorist attacks. [e]
- Ali Mohamed [r]: A former Egyptian Army officer, who served in the U.S. Army, and then worked for al-Khifa; probably an al-Qaeda member [e]
- Atheris ceratophora [r]: Venomous viper species limited to Tanzanian mountain ranges. The only horned, arboreal viper in Africa. [e]
- Atheris desaixi [r]: Venomous viper species endemic to Kenya, with two isolated populations, with striking black and yellow coloration. [e]
- Atheris nitschei rungweensis [r]: African venomous viper subspecies found in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. [e]
- Atheris nitschei [r]: Venomous bush viper found from Uganda and DR Congo in the north to northern Malawi in the south. [e]
- Atheris [r]: A genus of venomous vipers found only found in tropical subsaharan Africa, excluding southern Africa. [e]
- Country [r]: Nation, state, region, or territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture. [e]
- Cradle of Humankind [r]: A World Heritage site in South Africa, which comprises three localities containing numerous fossil-bearing caves. [e]
- Dominion [r]: Term applied to the first members of the British Commonwealth to become independent. [e]
- Dorsal scales [r]: Longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales on snakes. [e]
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad [r]: A jihadist organization formed in the 1970s, dormant by the 1990s, with the more extreme members probably in al-Qaeda along with the leader of the time, Ayman al-Zawahiri [e]
- Federal Bureau of Investigation [r]: The principal U.S. Federal police agency, part of the U.S. Department of Justice and the United States intelligence community, who has arrest authority, and is the primary authority for a variety of domestic crimes, civilian counterespionage within the United States, and organized crime [e]
- History of television technology [r]: Chronology of the development and history of television. [e]
- Jamal al-Fadl [r]: An early (1988) associate of Osama bin Laden, who walked into a U.S. Embassy in 1996, offered his services, and testified at a 2001 trial for the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa [e]
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- L'Houssaine Kherchtou [r]: Former pilot for Osama bin Laden, who left al-Qaeda, gave significant information to the U.S., and is in the U.S. Witness Protection Program [e]
- List of rivers by length [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Michael Scheuer [r]: Former head of the Osama bin Laden/al-Qaeda unit in the Counterterrorism Center of the Central Intelligence Agency; critical of U.S. policies but with insightful analysis on what he sees as a complex enemy [e]
- Montatheris [r]: Monotypic genus created for a venomous viper species, M. hindii, found only at high altitude on Mount Kenya and the Aberdare mountain range in Kenya. [e]
- Nairobi [r]: The capital of Kenya in East Africa [e]
- Nongovernmental organization [r]: A term used in much of the world to describe third sector organizations in terms of their location outside of formal government. [e]
- Olduvai Gorge [r]: A 30 mile, 295 ft. deep ravine in Tanzania, dubbed the "Cradle of Mankind" for its hominid specimens and artifacts. [e]
- Osama bin Laden [r]: A radical jihadist who founded, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. [e]
- Paleoanthropology in South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Panthera leo (Lion) [r]: Large gregarious predatory carnivorous feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male, one of four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. [e]
- Proatheris [r]: Monotypic genus created for a venomous viper species, P. superciliaris, found in Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. [e]
- Republic [r]: A form of government in which political power and authority is derived from the citizenry, and not from a monarch, whether hereditary or "tyrannical" (ie, a dictator). [e]
- Rostral scale [r]: Median plate on the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening, in snakes and other scaled reptiles. [e]
- Rwanda [r]: A small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of central Africa. [e]
- Safehouse [r]: A physical or virtual place where the members of a clandestine organization can meet or communicate, with minimal danger of exposure to hostile security personnel. [e]
- Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj [r]: A Sudanese journalist for the Al Jazeera news agency, held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspicion of acting as a terrorist courier; released in 2008 [e]
- Samosa [r]: Dish made from processed potatoes (occasionally along with cauliflower) that have been put inside a near-pyramidal shaped covering of flour dough and deep-fried. [e]
- Secret Intelligence Service [r]: Britain's national-level civilian organization for intelligence and covert action [e]
- Snakebite [r]: Wound resulting from penetration of the flesh by the fangs or teeth of a snake. [e]
- South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Systematics [r]: The study of the diversity of organism characteristics, and how they relate via evolution. [e]
- Terrorism [r]: Any act, nearly always violent, unpredictable, and chaotic in nature, often targetting civilians, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
- U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1990s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1990s [e]
- U.S. intelligence activities in Africa [r]: Activities of the United States intelligence community in Africa [e]
- Uganda [r]: Landlocked republic in East Africa, located on the equator, bordering the northern and western shores of Lake Victoria. [e]
- United States Pacific Command [r]: The U.S. Unified Combatant Command, headquartered in Hawaii, and responsible for the Pacific and East Asia [e]
- United States intelligence community [r]: The United States' intelligence agencies coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [e]
- Vasco da Gama [r]: Portuguese explorer who established a sea route from Europe to India. [e]
- Ventral scales [r]: Enlarged and transversely elongated scales in snakes, that extend down the underside of the body from the neck to the anal scale. [e]
- Zambia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zeppelin [r]: A type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. [e]
