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Victims' Families Await Compensation From Sudan 22 Years After US Embassy
Bombings

Salem Solomon

   For Edith Bartley, the terror attacks that struck U.S. embassies in
   Kenya and Tanzania 22 years ago will never fade away. She lost her
   father and her brother in the bombing of the embassy in Nairobi, and
   she continues to speak out on behalf of the families of victims.

   "It's about advocacy, about ensuring that the work of our diplomats and
   other embassy personnel at our American embassies around the world are
   not forgotten," she said. "And that as a nation, we don't forget what
   happened half a world away because it really was the precursor to later
   events.

   "There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about my father and
   brother. Their lives and all of their friends and colleagues were taken
   abruptly and far too soon," she said.

   Her father, Julian L. Bartley, was the first African-American consul
   general to serve the U.S. in Kenya.

   Her brother, Julian L. Bartley Jr., was at the embassy for an
   internship and was considering attending universities in Kenya. "My
   brother was only 20. He had his entire life ahead of him."

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